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.
Sheriffs 'cleaned up' Harvey Weinstein's cell after lawyer deemed it 'almost medieval' conditions: attorney
foxnews.comHarvey Weinstein appeared in court again on Wednesday in Los Angeles in his rape and sexual assault trial that began on Monday.
On Tuesday, Weinstein’s lawyer, Mark Werksman, asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench for help regarding his client’s holding cell.
Werksman said the conditions were "unhygienic" and "almost medieval." On Wednesday, Werksman thanked the judge for dealing with the conditions and said, "The sheriffs inspected and cleaned up the place where he’s being housed." Harvey Weinstein's holding cell was "cleaned up" by Los Angeles sheriffs on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Wednesday was the final day the court featured a jury panel in the selection process.
Court will be dark on Thursday with lawyers returning on Friday for motions in limine, or the last arguments on what evidence can be presented in court.
Read more on foxnews.com
