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In October 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' reported that more than a dozen women had accused Weinstein of [[sexual harassment]], [[assault]] or [[rape]]. This began a flood of similar charges, his wife left him, Weinstein was sacked and honours were stripped from him. | In October 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' reported that more than a dozen women had accused Weinstein of [[sexual harassment]], [[assault]] or [[rape]]. This began a flood of similar charges, his wife left him, Weinstein was sacked and honours were stripped from him. | ||
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+ | On Friday 25 May 2018 he was charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for alleged incidents involving two separate women, after he earlier surrendered to authorities in New York. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/25/harvey-weinstein-surrenders-over-sexual-misconduct-charges Harvey Weinstein appears in court charged with rape and other sexual offences] - The Guardian 25 May 2018</ref> | ||
==Purposes== | ==Purposes== |
Revision as of 17:54, 25 May 2018
Harvey Weinstein (film producer, businessman) | |
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Born | 1952-03-19 New York City, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University at Buffalo |
Religion | Jewish |
Children | 5 |
Spouse | Eve Chilton |
Party | Democratic |
Harvey Weinstein is an American film producer.
Allegations
In October 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker reported that more than a dozen women had accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault or rape. This began a flood of similar charges, his wife left him, Weinstein was sacked and honours were stripped from him.
On Friday 25 May 2018 he was charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for alleged incidents involving two separate women, after he earlier surrendered to authorities in New York. [1]
Purposes
In his article A man hears what he wants to hear for the Canadian Free Press, Brooklyn Lowe suggests that "Everyone knew for years, both inside and outside Hollywood, that Harvey Weinstein was/is a suspected rapist; just as everyone knows that Bill Clinton was/is a suspected rapist" and suggests that the allegations may have been timed as a distraction from difficult to explain circumstances of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.[2]