https://www.scmp.com/rss/325460/feed The latest news on Harvey Weinstein, American former film producer and convicted sex offender, including updates on current allegations. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Prosecutors in the rape retrial of disgraced US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told Tuesday how he wielded his power to prey on then-aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Weinstein, a central figure of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, appeared at the New York courtroom in a wheelchair due to ill health. He is being retried on a count of third-degree rape against Mann that allegedly happened in 2013 in a Manhattan hotel room. Last June, a judge declared a mistrial on the charge after... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350929/weinstein-preyed-aspiring-us-actress-court-told-rape-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350929/weinstein-preyed-aspiring-us-actress-court-told-rape-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:44:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The retrial of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge on which a jury was previously deadlocked started on Tuesday, although he will remain imprisoned for other offences regardless of the verdict. Weinstein is accused of the third-degree rape of Jessica Mann, who starred in the 2015 romantic comedy This Isn’t Funny. The judge declared a mistrial last June after the jury foreman refused to return to deliberate the case amid a jury-room feud. Weinstein is being retried on that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350100/harvey-weinstein-rape-retrial-begins-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350100/harvey-weinstein-rape-retrial-begins-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:34:19 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes. The man who once effectively ruled Hollywood before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the #MeToo movement said he was trapped in his cell at New York’s Rikers Island, with only guards for company. “It’s too dangerous for me to be around anyone else. Other inmates get to go to the yard. But every time I’m out there, I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346156/harvey-weinstein-calls-prison-hell-first-interview-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346156/harvey-weinstein-calls-prison-hell-first-interview-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:48:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers has resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday. Summers, who ran the US Treasury under former president Bill Clinton, was revealed in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice to have had extensive exchanges with the now-deceased financier. Clinton will testify before a congressional committee on Epstein on Friday while his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:51:04 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The son of US film director Rob Reiner pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of both of his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder over the double killing that sent shock waves through Hollywood days before Christmas. The 32-year-old was arrested on December 14 after the bodies of his filmmaker father and his mother, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, were discovered at their home in the upmarket Brentwood neighbourhood... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344383/son-us-film-director-rob-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-parents-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344383/son-us-film-director-rob-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-parents-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:36:53 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Two sisters testified at Harvey Weinstein’s most recent criminal trial. Kaja Sokola accused the disgraced movie mogul of sexual assault. Ewa Sokola was called as a witness to boost her claims but ultimately ended up helping the defence. Now, Ewa Sokola is suing Kaja for defamation, alleging in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court that the psychotherapist and ex-model’s public remarks amount to libel and are damaging Ewa’s reputation and business as a cardiologist in Poland. Ewa... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337857/harvey-weinstein-accuser-kaja-sokola-being-sued-defamation-her-sister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337857/harvey-weinstein-accuser-kaja-sokola-being-sued-defamation-her-sister?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:41:10 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Just days before the release of the much-anticipated Gwyneth: The Biography by Amy Odell, the book’s subject, actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow, inserted herself into one of the most viral stories of the summer. In a video posted to Astronomer’s social media accounts, Paltrow announced her new role as the company’s “temporary spokesperson”. The AI company has been in the news since an affair between its CEO and its head of HR was uncovered through a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3319957/why-we-remain-magnetically-attracted-gwyneth-paltrow-her-biographer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3319957/why-we-remain-magnetically-attracted-gwyneth-paltrow-her-biographer?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:56:23 +0000 Reuters Reuters The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s criminal case in Manhattan declared a mistrial on a rape charge on Thursday, one day after the former Hollywood movie mogul was convicted on a separate felony sex abuse charge. Justice Curtis Farber of the state Supreme Court ended the trial after the jury foreperson refused to deliberate for a sixth day, following multiple days of reported dissension among jurors that at times was aired in the courtroom. Prosecutors plan to try Weinstein a third time on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314210/weinstein-retrial-case-judge-declares-mistrial-charge-third-degree-rape-after-jury-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314210/weinstein-retrial-case-judge-declares-mistrial-charge-third-degree-rape-after-jury-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:00:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted on Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as yet unable to reach a verdict on a third charge. The split verdict meted out a measure of vindication to his accusers and prosecutors – but also to Weinstein – after the landmark case was thrown into limbo. The partial verdict came after an extraordinary day in which the jury foreman expressed dismay to the judge about how deliberations... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314079/harvey-weinstein-convicted-top-charge-metoo-sex-crimes-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3314079/harvey-weinstein-convicted-top-charge-metoo-sex-crimes-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:18:44 +0000 Lynn Farah Lynn Farah A life of fame and fortune comes with plenty of perks most people can only dream of. But every so often, the fairy tale unravels and those that had been put on a pedestal end up in prison instead. From financial corruption and tax evasion to more sinister crimes like sexual assault and even murder, plenty of celebrities who once lived a life of luxury have since swapped their designer outfits for prison jumpsuits while serving hefty jail sentences for their crimes. Here are some of the most... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3308179/6-celebrities-currently-jail-r-kelly-and-diddy-harvey-weinstein-70s-shows-danny-masterson-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3308179/6-celebrities-currently-jail-r-kelly-and-diddy-harvey-weinstein-70s-shows-danny-masterson-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:00:16 +0000 Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo retrial opened on Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations – plus a newly added claim from a former model. For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 2000s. He is criminally charged with forcing oral sex on her in 2006, but she also accused him in a civil lawsuit of groping her against her will... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307669/harvey-weinsteins-metoo-rape-retrial-opens-added-allegations-ex-model?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307669/harvey-weinsteins-metoo-rape-retrial-opens-added-allegations-ex-model?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:20:23 +0000 Convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has broken his silence after actor Adrien Brody mentioned his children in a lengthy Oscars acceptance speech on Sunday. Brody is dating Georgina Chapman, who shares a son and a daughter with the disgraced film mogul. “I share this with my amazing partner, Georgina,” Brody said as he accepted the best actor award for his role in The Brutalist, “who has not only reinvigorated my own self-worth, but my sense of value and my values and her beautiful children,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301155/who-are-harvey-weinsteins-children-georgina-chapman-dash-and-india-brutalist-actor-adrien-brody-just?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301155/who-are-harvey-weinsteins-children-georgina-chapman-dash-and-india-brutalist-actor-adrien-brody-just?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:00:08 +0000 Leslie Moonves, 75, was instrumental in developing hit shows including Friends and ER. He was made chairman and CEO of American network CBS in 2003 and has been credited with having major hits Survivor and The Big Bang Theory produced on his watch. But in 2018, after sexual-assault allegations against him were made public, Moonves was dismissed. His wife, TV anchor and presenter Julie Chen, 55, claims she was collateral damage in the fallout, insisting her husband was innocent. Here’s what you... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3296796/who-former-cbs-ceo-les-moonves-he-produced-shows-including-friends-survivor-and-big-bang-theory-was?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3296796/who-former-cbs-ceo-les-moonves-he-produced-shows-including-friends-survivor-and-big-bang-theory-was?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:00:09 +0000 Luigi Mangione is retaining Harvey Weinstein’s prison consultant Craig Rothfeld, according to Page Six. Mangione is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and is reportedly on the same floor as Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, per the same outlet. The news comes after Mangione hired lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him – who also happens to be the wife of Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo. Mangione, 26,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3294067/who-luigi-mangiones-new-prison-consultant-craig-rothfeld-adviser-also-works-harvey-weinstein-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3294067/who-luigi-mangiones-new-prison-consultant-craig-rothfeld-adviser-also-works-harvey-weinstein-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:00:15 +0000 It Ends with Us actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s long-running feud has taken a legal turn. On December 21, Lively sued the Man Enough Podcast host for sexual harassment, per TMZ, citing “severe emotional distress”. A day later, The New York Times revealed that a smear campaign devised by Baldoni and his PR team may have been behind the recent social media takedown of the Gossip Girl star. Not long after, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, shared plans of counter-suing, guaranteeing... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3292852/meet-blake-livelys-publicist-leslie-sloane-representing-megan-fox-lindsay-lohan-and-britney-spears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3292852/meet-blake-livelys-publicist-leslie-sloane-representing-megan-fox-lindsay-lohan-and-britney-spears?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:00:28 +0000 Fans can’t get enough of Tom Cruise’s rumoured romance with Hollywood talent agent Maha Dakhil. The pair were spotted getting close over a meal at Gaia London last Wednesday, as reported by the Daily Mail. Cruise and Dakhil were apparently “getting very touchy feely with one another and looked extremely cosy,” one eyewitness told the British tabloid. As they left the Greek restaurant, he “tenderly” put his hand on her elbow and helped her back into their black, chauffeur-driven Mercedes. Before... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3292098/meet-tom-cruises-rumoured-love-interest-maha-dakhil-who-was-forced-resign-caa-last-year-top-gun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3292098/meet-tom-cruises-rumoured-love-interest-maha-dakhil-who-was-forced-resign-caa-last-year-top-gun?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:00:10 +0000 Luigi Mangione has hired a top lawyer to represent him – and she happens to be the wife of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo. As reported by CNN, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, who was charged in New York with second-degree murder in the December 4 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan, has retained Karen Friedman Agnifilo for his case. “She’s got as much experience as any human being, especially in the state court,” a New York prosecutor... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3291121/meet-luigi-mangiones-lawyer-karen-friedman-agnifilo-whos-married-diddys-attorney-marc-agnifilos-wife?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3291121/meet-luigi-mangiones-lawyer-karen-friedman-agnifilo-whos-married-diddys-attorney-marc-agnifilos-wife?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:16 +0000 Harvey Weinstein was hospitalised on Monday following an “alarming blood test”, his lawyer said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious prison complex. Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an “emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention”, his lawyer, Imran Ansari, said in a statement. “It is expected that he will remain there... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3289058/harvey-weinstein-hospitalised-after-alarming-blood-test-lawyer-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3289058/harvey-weinstein-hospitalised-after-alarming-blood-test-lawyer-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:05:34 +0000 Harvey Weinstein is back in the news after it’s been revealed he is suffering from a rare form of bone cancer, as reported by NBC. The diagnosis has thrown up questions about those who were once closest to him, and where they are now. While his children reportedly no longer speak to him and have kept out of the spotlight since his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges, his former wife, 48-year-old Georgina Chapman, continues to live out in the open. View this post on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283663/who-adrien-brodys-girlfriend-georgina-chapman-aka-harvey-weinsteins-ex-wife-english-designer-founded?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283663/who-adrien-brodys-girlfriend-georgina-chapman-aka-harvey-weinsteins-ex-wife-english-designer-founded?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:00:13 +0000 Former Hollywood film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with bone cancer, according to CNN. A source told the news outlet that his specific diagnosis is chronic myeloid leukaemia, adding that he is undergoing treatment in prison on Rikers Island in New York. Weinstein’s prison consultant and authorised legal healthcare rep in the Big Apple responded in a statement to CNN asking for privacy. “It is both troubling and unacceptable that such private and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283552/who-are-harvey-weinsteins-5-children-and-are-they-touch-their-dad-disgraced-hollywood-mogul-shares-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283552/who-are-harvey-weinsteins-5-children-and-are-they-touch-their-dad-disgraced-hollywood-mogul-shares-3?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:00:08 +0000 Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York. Weinstein, 72, who had emergency heart surgery just over a week ago, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom in a wheelchair to enter his plea to a single count of committing a criminal sexual act. The once-powerful movie mogul was unshaven and appeared pale and visibly frail during his brief court appearance before Judge Curtis Farber. He was wearing a dark suit, a white shirt... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3279080/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-new-sex-crime-charge-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3279080/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-new-sex-crime-charge-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:10:27 +0000 Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a retrial in his landmark MeToo case, Manhattan prosecutors said at a court hearing Thursday. The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, tentatively scheduled for September 18. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg disclosed in court that the indictment charges Weinstein with “additional crimes” and that multiple accusers are prepared... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278310/harvey-weinstein-indicted-additional-sex-crimes-charges-ahead-new-york-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278310/harvey-weinstein-indicted-additional-sex-crimes-charges-ahead-new-york-retrial?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:44:02 +0000 Jailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent an emergency medical procedure at a New York City hospital on Monday to remove fluid on his heart and lungs after he complained of chest pains over the weekend, his representatives said. Weinstein, 72, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan from the Rikers Island jail complex late Sunday “due to severe medical conditions,” his publicist Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld said. “We can confirm that Mr Weinstein had a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3277848/harvey-weinstein-rushed-hospital-emergency-heart-surgery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3277848/harvey-weinstein-rushed-hospital-emergency-heart-surgery?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:07:27 +0000 Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will not face charges of indecent assault in Britain, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service, which in 2022 authorised two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein, said it decided to discontinue proceedings because there was “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction”. “We have explained our decision to all parties,” the CPS said in a statement. “We would always encourage any potential victims of sexual assault to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3277377/britain-stops-criminal-proceedings-against-harvey-weinstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3277377/britain-stops-criminal-proceedings-against-harvey-weinstein?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:55:25 +0000 Prosecutors are investigating “additional violent sexual assaults” they say former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein committed and intend to seek a new indictment after his previous conviction was overturned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said in a hearing before Justice Curtis Farber in New York state criminal court in Manhattan that the additional assaults Weinstein allegedly committed were still within the statute of limitations to be charged as... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3269827/harvey-weinstein-under-investigation-additional-sexual-assaults-prosecutor-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3269827/harvey-weinstein-under-investigation-additional-sexual-assaults-prosecutor-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:52:46 +0000 He was an ambitious executive who, with a group of investors in 1999, bought American Media Inc. (AMI) – the publisher of tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer, among other titles. But while printing lurid celebrity revelations, David Pecker simultaneously shielded his friends from scrutiny by publishing positive stories about them and negative ones about their opponents, as well as operating a “catch and kill” scheme. Now, Pecker is back in headlines as the first witness in former president... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261212/why-david-pecker-crucial-witness-donald-trumps-trial-publishers-national-enquirer-catch-and-kill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261212/why-david-pecker-crucial-witness-donald-trumps-trial-publishers-national-enquirer-catch-and-kill?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 May 2024 11:00:48 +0000 Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said on Saturday that the one-time film mogul was hospitalised for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeal court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Lawyer Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically. He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3260657/harvey-weinstein-hospitalised-after-rape-conviction-overturned-needs-lot-help?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3260657/harvey-weinstein-hospitalised-after-rape-conviction-overturned-needs-lot-help?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:03:56 +0000 Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and opponents of sexual violence in Hollywood and beyond spoke out against the reversal of the disgraced movie mogul’s rape conviction in New York. Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino and others who have accused the former Hollywood producer of sexual misconduct condemned a New York court of appeals’ decision on Thursday to overturn the verdict. Weinstein has been serving a 23-year sentence since he was convicted in 2020 of rape and a felony sex crime after allegedly assaulting... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3260441/hollywood-accusers-condemn-reversal-harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-we-know-what-happened?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3260441/hollywood-accusers-condemn-reversal-harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-we-know-what-happened?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:40:28 +0000 New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case. The state Court of Appeals ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures – an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein. The court ordered... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3260388/new-york-appeal-court-overturns-harvey-weinsteins-2020-rape-conviction-landmark-metoo-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3260388/new-york-appeal-court-overturns-harvey-weinsteins-2020-rape-conviction-landmark-metoo-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:54:07 +0000 He’s been called “the devil’s advocate” – and in fact wrote courtroom thriller The Advocate’s Devil about that most controversial of legal questions: what should you do as a defence lawyer if you suspect that your client is guilty and dangerous? Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School professor emeritus, may be 85, but his love for media attention, controversial cases and the law apparently remains strong. Dershowitz gained notoriety for the polarising cases he took on during his career, as well as... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3259060/6-alan-dershowitzs-biggest-career-highlights-oj-simpsons-lawyer-worked-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3259060/6-alan-dershowitzs-biggest-career-highlights-oj-simpsons-lawyer-worked-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:00:18 +0000 It comes as no surprise that the entertainment industry has a dark side, giving opportunities to those wanting to exploit and manipulate the young, naive and powerless. In recent years we have seen a wave of accusations against major industry figures and big stars – Harvey Weinstein, R. Kelly, and more recently, P. Diddy. Child actors are especially vulnerable. In the past, stars from Drew Barrymore to Macaulay Culkin have expressed how difficult it can be to work as a child actor. Early... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3257957/quiet-set-which-nickelodeon-child-stars-spoke-drake-bell-and-alexa-nikolas-appeared-explosive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3257957/quiet-set-which-nickelodeon-child-stars-spoke-drake-bell-and-alexa-nikolas-appeared-explosive?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:00:28 +0000 A massage therapist has sued Madison Square Garden CEO James L. Dolan and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing them of sex trafficking and sexual assault. The bombshell lawsuit filed on January 16 in the US District Court of Central California alleges that in 2013 and 2014, Dolan “manipulated” and brought Kellye Croft, then a 27-year-old working as a licensed massage therapist, to Los Angeles and other places “under fraudulent pretences for Dolan to engage in unlawful and unwelcome... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3249085/who-billionaire-james-dolan-and-why-he-being-sued-sexual-assault-harvey-weinstein-massage-therapist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3249085/who-billionaire-james-dolan-and-why-he-being-sued-sexual-assault-harvey-weinstein-massage-therapist?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jan 2024 20:00:14 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa In light of the #MeToo movement and the ongoing efforts in Hollywood to address widespread sexual misconduct, the presence of intimacy coordinators (also known as intimacy directors) has become a crucial aspect of film and TV productions. Jennifer Aniston recently made headlines for choosing to forego an intimacy director on the sets of The Morning Show while filming a particularly steamy scene with co-star Jon Hamm. “I’m from the olden days, so I was like, ‘What does that mean?’” Aniston, 54,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3246988/what-exactly-intimacy-coordinator-and-what-do-they-do-metoo-movement-led-rise-new-profession?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3246988/what-exactly-intimacy-coordinator-and-what-do-they-do-metoo-movement-led-rise-new-profession?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jan 2024 04:00:20 +0000 A former assistant to Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday alleging that he sexually battered her in 2010 and that she was fired from her job just hours later. In the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles court, the former assistant Asta Jonasson alleges that Diesel assaulted her in an Atlanta hotel room while the pair were working on the movie Fast Five. “Let me be very clear: Vin Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety,” lawyer Bryan Freedman said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3245955/fast-and-furious-star-vin-diesel-hit-sexual-battery-lawsuit-former-assistant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3245955/fast-and-furious-star-vin-diesel-hit-sexual-battery-lawsuit-former-assistant?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:02:22 +0000 For a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act suspended the usual legal deadlines to give sexual assault victims one last chance to file lawsuits over misconduct that occurred years or decades ago. By the time the law expired last week, more than 3,700 legal claims had been filed, with many of the last few coming against big-name celebrities and a handful of politicians. The list of the accused contained many familiar names from past #MeToo scandals and a few new ones. A huge number of claims were... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3243024/celebrities-politicians-among-those-named-sex-abuse-suits-filed-under-nys-adult-survivors-act?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3243024/celebrities-politicians-among-those-named-sex-abuse-suits-filed-under-nys-adult-survivors-act?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Nov 2023 23:51:15 +0000 In December, Harvey Weinstein was convicted in Los Angeles of the 2013 rape of “Jane Doe 1”. On Thursday, he got a 16-year sentence that, added to the 23-year sentence he’s been serving in New York, likely ensures the 70-year-old is in prison for life. On Friday, Jane Doe 1 finally revealed her identity to the Hollywood Reporter. She is Evgeniya Chernyshova, a 43-year-old mother of two who was born in Siberia, won a modelling contest at age 15 and eventually moved to Italy, where she was a model... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211511/woman-whose-testimony-led-harvey-weinsteins-la-rape-conviction-reveals-identity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211511/woman-whose-testimony-led-harvey-weinsteins-la-rape-conviction-reveals-identity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:46:47 +0000 A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actress and model. The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York, furthering the fall of the one-time movie magnate who became a #MeToo magnet. Weinstein directly appealed to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench, saying: “I maintain that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211323/harvey-weinstein-gets-16-years-prison-los-angeles-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3211323/harvey-weinstein-gets-16-years-prison-los-angeles-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:01:35 +0000 The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018: The ball gowns were black, and the night’s key accessory was a pin that read “Time’s Up.” Onstage, Oprah Winfrey brought guests to their feet with a warning to powerful abusers: “Their time is up!” Five years later, Time’s Up – the now-embattled anti-harassment organisation founded with fanfare during the early days of the #MeToo reckoning against sexual misconduct – is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3207693/metoo-era-organisation-times-ceasing-operations-least-its-current-form?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3207693/metoo-era-organisation-times-ceasing-operations-least-its-current-form?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:31:09 +0000 Disgraced US movie titan Harvey Weinstein was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of a woman a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was part of his “reign of terror” over aspiring young actresses in Hollywood. The 70-year-old Pulp Fiction producer, who was once one of the most powerful men in the film industry, faces up to 24 years in jail, in addition to a sentence he is already serving for sex crimes in New York. His victim in the Los Angeles case said Monday she hopes he “never sees the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3203925/harvey-weinstein-convicted-rape-los-angeles-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3203925/harvey-weinstein-convicted-rape-los-angeles-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Dec 2022 03:01:33 +0000 A New York jury found Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis liable for raping a publicist at his Manhattan flat in 2013, ordering him to pay at least US$7.5 million in damages in the civil case, a lawyer said. The verdict came after a 15-day civil trial in Manhattan state court. Plaintiff Haleigh Breest alleged in a 2017 complaint that Haggis, known for writing the films Million Dollar Baby and Crash, raped her after pressuring her to join him at his SoHo loft following a movie... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3199216/oscar-winning-filmmaker-paul-haggis-ordered-pay-us75-million-civil-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3199216/oscar-winning-filmmaker-paul-haggis-ordered-pay-us75-million-civil-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Nov 2022 03:11:05 +0000 4.5/5 stars She Said shows how two reporters from The New York Times forensically gathered sexual harassment evidence against Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein, leading to a sea change in the workplace and the launch of the #MeToo movement. The film is both tense and ultimately moving. Based on a book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, played here by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan respectively, it begins with a wide-eyed young girl in Ireland in 1992 finding her way onto a film set, before cutting to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3196230/she-said-movie-review-zoe-kazan-carey-mulligan-play?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3196230/she-said-movie-review-zoe-kazan-carey-mulligan-play?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:45:10 +0000 Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, a judge ruled on Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul. The 66-year-old actor and director was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The judge and lawyers had taken a break from jury selection for motions on what evidence will be allowed at the trial, and who can testify. The witness list for the trial is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3196071/court-allows-mel-gibson-testify-harvey-weinsteins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3196071/court-allows-mel-gibson-testify-harvey-weinsteins?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Oct 2022 04:00:20 +0000 Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Governor Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify at his rape and sexual assault trial that began Monday, her lawyer said. “Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,” Newsom’s lawyer Elizabeth Fegan said in a statement. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3195512/california-governors-wife-among-accusers-harvey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3195512/california-governors-wife-among-accusers-harvey?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:41:31 +0000 Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in the city where he once was a colossus at the Oscars. Already serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York, the 70-year-old former film producer faces different allegations including several that prosecutors say occurred during a pivotal Oscar week in Los Angeles. Jury selection for an eight-week trial begins on Monday. Weinstein has been indicted on four counts... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3195319/jailed-harvey-weinstein-goes-trial-la-over-rape-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3195319/jailed-harvey-weinstein-goes-trial-la-over-rape-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:14:07 +0000 A former writer and producer on the popular US comedy show Scrubs was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of sexual assault, five years to the day since the MeToo movement forced Hollywood into a reckoning. Eric Weinberg, 62, who also produced Californication, faces 18 counts relating to the alleged sexual assault of five women between 2014 and 2019. “The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them,” Los Angeles... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3194998/scrubs-producer-eric-weinberg-charged-18-counts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3194998/scrubs-producer-eric-weinberg-charged-18-counts?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Oct 2022 04:17:07 +0000 With his highly-anticipated documentary Endangered now showing on HBO Max, multi-hyphenate Ronan Farrow has once again taken centre stage as a champion journalist. The film, which is also an official selection of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, depicts the lives of journalists in a world where there is a growing distrust in traditional media due to online misinformation. But who exactly is Ronan Farrow and what other works is he known for? He is Hollywood royalty Farrow, 34, is the only... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3186182/who-ronan-farrow-woody-allen-and-mia-farrows-son-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3186182/who-ronan-farrow-woody-allen-and-mia-farrows-son-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:00:22 +0000 British prosecutors said on Wednesday they have authorised police to charge former film mogul Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that “charges have been authorised” against Weinstein, 70, following a review of evidence gathered by London’s Metropolitan Police. Police said the alleged offences against the woman, now in her 50s, took place in during July and August 1996. After revelations about... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3180942/harvey-weinstein-be-charged-indecent-assault-uk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3180942/harvey-weinstein-be-charged-indecent-assault-uk?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:34:26 +0000 January is off to a challenging start for Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s third child. The British royal has been sued by Virginia Giuffre for “unspecified damages” in connection to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking and assault cases. While the prince has denied these allegations, his association with the convicted sex offender Epstein has embroiled him in controversy. But Prince Andrew is no stranger to questionable situations and has made a couple of eyebrow-raising connections over the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3162239/5-reasons-why-prince-andrew-one-most-controversial-royals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3162239/5-reasons-why-prince-andrew-one-most-controversial-royals?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:00:24 +0000 Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. Sheriff’s deputies brought the 69-year-old convicted rapist into court in a wheelchair. He was wearing a brown jail jumpsuit and face mask. Lawyer Mark Werksman entered the plea for the disgraced movie mogul a day after Weinstein was extradited to California from New York, where he was serving a 23-year prison term. Weinstein spoke only to say “thank you” to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3142024/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-sexual-assault?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3142024/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-sexual-assault?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:29:10 +0000 Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault in New York since last year, was on his way to Los Angeles on Tuesday for a second trial in which he will face new charges. The once all-powerful Hollywood producer – whose downfall was seen as a major victory for the #MeToo movement – is accused in Los Angeles of the rape and sexual assault of five women, which could land him in prison for up to an additional 140 years. The 69-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3141879/harvey-weinstein-transferred-los-angeles-face-rape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3141879/harvey-weinstein-transferred-los-angeles-face-rape?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:12:05 +0000