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.
L.A. Authorities Continue Weinstein Extradition Amid Reported Coronavirus Prognosis
hollywoodreporter.comThe Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Monday continued the process to extradite Harvey Weinstein to face multiple charges of sexual assault and rape.
The update occurred the same day the disgraced former movie mogul reportedly tested positive for novel coronavirus. The district attorney's office on March 11 announced its intention toextradite Weinstein when it filed a detainer with the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
On the same day, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison following his conviction in New York on sexual assault and rape charges.
On Monday, the L.A. office initiated its request to New York for the temporary custody of Weinstein, "pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on.
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