Years after women’s stories about him made the MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles. Already serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault, the 70-year-old former movie mogul faces more allegations.
He had unmatched success, pushing films like "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Artist" to best picture wins and becoming among the most thanked men ever during Oscar acceptance speeches.Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday, July 21 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.
Miramax and its successor The Weinstein Co. were based in New York, where Weinstein lived and did business, but that didn’t diminish his presence in Hollywood. "He was a creature of New York, but he was also a creature of Los Angeles," said Kim Masters, editor at large for The Hollywood Reporter and a longtime observer of the movie industry. "He had this huge Golden Globes party that was always well beyond capacity when he was in his heyday. He was the King of Hollywood in New York and LA."and Quentin Tarantino would win for writing the company’s "Django Unchained," that four of the 11 alleged crimes took place.
that even he was allowed to take as much as $1,000 in cash in Weinstein’s name from the front desk of the hotel where the mogul was staying.
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