Harvey Weinstein: US actress Rose McGowan makes rape allegation

[nitpicker]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41606140

Harvey Weinstein: US actress Rose McGowan makes rape allegation

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From the section Entertainment & Arts

The scandal deluging Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has deepened after US actress Rose McGowan publicly accused him of raping her. In a series of tweets, McGowan also accused Amazon Studio chief Roy Price of having ignored her when she made the allegation earlier. Amazon has put Price - himself accused on Thursday of sexually harassing a female producer - on leave of absence.

Weinstein denies any sexual assaults. There was no comment from Price.
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Addressing Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos on Twitter, McGowan criticised the company for doing business with Weinstein. "I told the head of your studio that HW raped me," she wrote. "Over & over I said it. He said it hadn't been proven. I said I was the proof."

Price was separately accused by Isa Hackett, a producer on one of Amazon's shows, of having lewdly propositioned her in a taxi and at a corporate dinner in 2015, the Hollywood Reporter writes. Hackett reported the incident to Amazon executives immediately, she was quoted as saying, and an outside investigator was brought in. She was not told the outcome of the investigation but did not see Price again at any events involving her shows, she added.

In a statement, Amazon said: "Roy Price is on leave of absence effective immediately. We are reviewing our options for the projects we have with The Weinstein Co."
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[lindysalsagal]

1. Wow. Just, wow.

Maybe not as glamorous to be an actress as we might have assumed. It's like the papal pedophile scandal, and Sandowski:

Everyone. Was. In. On. It.

Pathetic, how people will allow fame and money to allow a predator to continue assaulting unsuspecting victims.

[joshcryer]

3. It's been open season for women for a long time.

Just the power dynamic between actresses and rich producers created a super disproportionate relationship, so the women were just resigned to it and couldn't speak up. They didn't have a platform and the risks were too high.

And you know, privately, a lot of people in Hollywood resent the people who have spoken up and they're protecting others still. It's rampant. Power corrupts. Cronyism perpetuates itself.

[Ilsa]

2. Twitter has suspended Roamse McGowan's account

because of her tweets about Weinstein (and possibly a few others like Affleck). I'm pretty disgusted with twitter.

[Docreed2003]

4. They addressed why they suspended her account temporarily

She posted a message that contained someone’s private cell number, which is a violation of terms. They said they would reinstate her account once that message had been deleted.