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kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:49 PM Oct 2017

Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Company

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Film producer Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Co., effective immediately, following new information revealed regarding his conduct, the company’s board of directors announced Sunday.

Weinstein had previously voluntarily taken a leave of absence following decades of sexual harassment allegations detailed Thursday in a New York Times expose. The board on Friday endorsed that decision. But it went further Sunday, removing Weinstein from the company he co-founded.


Read more: https://www.apnews.com/16ab2692be9743fa9d5908b2eb534a69/Film-producer-Harvey-Weinstein-ousted-from-Weinstein-Co.

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Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Company (Original Post) kstewart33 Oct 2017 OP
Pig! No wait, that is an insult to pigs. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #1
Now he wants to sue the NY Times because they busted DK504 Oct 2017 #2
The rest of the Weinstein Company could look the other way TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #4
I hope he does -- the discovery will be delicious obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #5
The reason so many didnt like Hillary is we can all see her Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #3

TexasBushwhacker

(20,164 posts)
4. The rest of the Weinstein Company could look the other way
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 10:51 PM
Oct 2017

and write the settlement checks before the article.

Now they can't. Harvey is 65. He has 2 young children with his much younger wife, Georgina Chapman. Chapman co-owns the Marchesa brand. Harvey should get a lot of therapy and work at keeping his family together.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
3. The reason so many didnt like Hillary is we can all see her
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 08:12 PM
Oct 2017

kicking this asshole in the groin if he ever tried this shit on her.

Not lady like.

So that it is clear, I am saying this is a GOOD thing about Hillary.

In fact, guess who else was scared shitless of her


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