Harvey Weinstein

Film producer Harvey Weinstein arriving at New York Supreme Court in Manhattan on October 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Weinstein wins dismissal of criminal charge for alleged sex assault

Film producer still faces another five charges against him. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.

11 Oct 2018 - 10:45pm 4

Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was hit 12 months ago by a bombshell article in The New York Times, followed by another in New Yorker magazine, accusing him of a career of sexual harassment, assault and rape. Photo: AFP

A year of #MeToo, and Hollywood has changed – but is it enough?

5 Oct 2018 - 12:43am

‘I want people to start thinking’, Victoria’s Secret model Ambra Gutierrez tells Jonathan Kaiman in podcast. He reveals thoughts of suicide, and says ‘I hope more men will feel comfortable to say they did wrong’

‘I was on suicide watch for weeks’: LA Times journalist in sex inquiry

4 Oct 2018 - 12:48pm 5

File photo of the McDonald’s sign at a restaurant in Chicago. Photo: AP

McDonald’s slammed for hiring law firm defending Weinstein Co

18 Sep 2018 - 9:28pm

The 2011 video broadcast by Sky News shows Melissa Thompson trying to pitch a business idea as Weinstein repeatedly touches and strokes her

‘Give it to me’: video shows Weinstein harassing, stroking rape accuser

13 Sep 2018 - 3:08pm 3

‘More than 400 warm, complimentary and solicitous emails’ show the disgraced movie mogul had ‘a consensual, intimate relationship’ with an alleged rape victim, lawyer Benjamin Brafman says

Weinstein’s sex with accusers ‘was consensual,’ lawyer says, seeking dismissal

4 Aug 2018 - 8:33pm 1

In this March 4, 2018, file photo, Ashley Judd arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: AP

Disgust as Weinstein claims bargain with Judd: win an Oscar, I touch you

19 Jul 2018 - 9:48pm 1

WHO: ‘compulsive sexual behaviour’ is a mental disorder

15 Jul 2018 - 9:08pm

Mira Sorvino in Los Angeles in 2016. Photo: AP

Actress Mira Sorvino says casting director gagged her with condom at 16

13 Jul 2018 - 7:06am

Harvey Weinstein (left) leaves a courthouse in New York with his lawyer Benjamin Brafman on Monday. Photo: Bloomberg

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to latest sex assault charges

10 Jul 2018 - 10:11pm

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein leaves court in New York in June. Photo: Reuters

Harvey Weinstein could face life in prison after new sexual assault charges

3 Jul 2018 - 10:18pm

Weinstein pleaded not guilty, while his lawyer questioned the credibility of the two women who have accused him of three counts of sexual crimes in this particular case

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sex crime charges

5 Jun 2018 - 11:21pm

File photo of US director and producer Brian De Palma. Photo: AFP

‘Scarface’ director Brian De Palma to tackle Weinstein scandal

2 Jun 2018 - 7:52pm

The disgraced mogul’s lawyer says his client ‘didn’t invent the Hollywood casting couch’

Harvey Weinstein is indicted on rape and felony sex act charges

31 May 2018 - 7:19pm 1

Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. Photo: Reuters

Vindication, triumph, also fear: Harvey Weinstein’s accusers react

26 May 2018 - 10:33pm 1

Weinstein is with facing three felony charges – first-degree rape, third-degree rape, and one out of a criminal sexual act in the first degree. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted

Weinstein released on US$1m bail after appearing in court in handcuffs

26 May 2018 - 2:47am 2

Harvey Weinstein and wife Georgina Chapman arrive at the 89th Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Weinstein’s ‘naive’ wife breaks silence, tearfully pleads total ignorance

11 May 2018 - 9:40pm 5

Harvey Weinstein arriving at the 89th Academy Awards in Hollywood in February, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Weinstein ‘believes he will be forgiven’ by Hollywood

29 Apr 2018 - 7:53pm

Instead of laughing it off, many people were outraged by the treatment of i-Cable News reporter Diamond Kwok, who was kissed by two men without her consent while doing a live telecast at the Hong Kong Sevens this year. Photo: Handout

How those in power can further victimise the victims of abuse

29 Apr 2018 - 6:33pm 2

File photo of Harvey Weinstein in Cannes. Photo: AFP

Cannes Film Festival to open anti-sexual harassment hotline

27 Apr 2018 - 7:16pm

Stephen Vines says companies that have been built and thrived on the force of their founders’ personalities struggle when they become a liability and have to be shown the door

From Zuckerberg to Weinstein, founder CEOs can become too big to fail

11 Apr 2018 - 10:30pm 2

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is seen before Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address to the federal assembly in Moscow, Russia earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Putin spokesman calls Harvey Weinstein accusers ‘prostitutes’

30 Mar 2018 - 6:02am

A statue of Harvey Weinstein on a casting couch made by the artist Plastic Jesus is seen on Hollywood Boulevard near the Dolby Theatre during preparations for the Oscars in Hollywood on March 1. Photo: Reuters

Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy, cancels non-disclosure deals

20 Mar 2018 - 10:01pm 1

British actor and director Terry Gilliam (seen in October 2011) has caused controversy by saying that the #MeToo movement has morphed into ‘mob rule’ and playing down the claims of sexual abuse against Harvey Weinstein. Photo: AFP

Terry Gilliam says #MeToo is ‘mob rule’, plays down Weinstein claims

19 Mar 2018 - 1:05pm 7

Rose McGowan at the Los Angeles premiere of Dior & I in April 2015. Picture: Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein, a religious cult and #MeToo: Rose McGowan’s powerful memoir

15 Mar 2018 - 9:40am

Maria Contreras-Sweet is leading a group of investors that aims to revive a deal to buy assets of the Weinstein Company. Photo: AP

Female-led investor group says it is buying Weinstein Company assets

2 Mar 2018 - 11:07pm

Now-disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein co-founded the company in 2005. File photo: AP

The Weinstein Company to file for bankruptcy

26 Feb 2018 - 10:13pm 2

The winners from ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ - (left-to-right) writer/director Martin McDonagh, producer Peter Czernin, actor Sam Rockwell, star Frances McDormand and producer Graham Broadbent hold their trophies at the BAFTAs. McDormand took home best actress and Rockwell best supporting actor. The movie itself won outstanding British film and best picture. Photo: Reuters

‘Three Billboards’ wins big at #MeToo-influenced BAFTA awards

20 Feb 2018 - 4:53pm

File photo shows Jeffrey Tambor the premiere screening for Amazon series ‘Transparent’ at Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, on May 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters

Amazon fires Jeffrey Tambor after sexual misconduct claims

16 Feb 2018 - 11:56pm

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