Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
Kevin Spacey Trial: Anthony Rapp Says Alleged Sexual Assault Is ‘Most Traumatic Single Event of My Life’
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor A brief furor erupted during Kevin Spacey’s sexual misconduct trial on Wednesday after Anthony Rapp suggested on the witness stand that the Oscar-winning star had made unwanted overtures to several people. “I came forward because I knew I wasn’t the only person that Kevin Spacey made advances to,” Rapp said, a comment which immediately drew objections from Spacey’s lawyers.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan sustained the objection and moved to strike Rapp’s comments from the record, but the drama continued as attorneys were seen huddling at the side of the courtroom.
Rapp, who alleges that Spacey lifted him on to his bed and got on top of him in a sexually suggestive manner in 1986 when Rapp was 14 years old, is suing the actor for $40 million in damages.
Spacey’s lawyers have noted inconsistencies in Rapp’s testimony, including his description of the actor’s studio apartment and the timeframe surrounding his decision to speak to a BuzzFeed reporter for a 2017 article about the alleged incident.
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