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*(CNN) — The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of “prior bad acts” witnesses should not have been […]

Harvey Weinstein *Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and rape allegations continue to grow by the minute, with more and more women coming forward to either share their own story about the predator, or to express solidarity and support. Minka Kelly, who had a role in The Weinstein Company’s “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” shared her story […]

[…] to its knees–and for there to be consequences. Case in point.  Just three days after a New York Times investigation detailed numerous incidents of alleged sexual harassment by media mogul  Harvey Weinstein, the board of directors at The Weinstein Company fired him.  That’s all it took.  Well, three days, a New York Times expose and a laundry list […]

Producer Harvey Weinstein attends the Marchesa fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 1, Skylight Clarkson Sq on September 13, 2017 in New York City. *After a bombshell exposé was published Thursday (Oct 5) accusing Harvey Weinstein of decades of sexual harassment and problematic behavior toward women, The New York Times […]

*(CNN) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke couldn’t hide her disappointment on Thursday in a hastily arranged press conference following news that once-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction had been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals. But her resolve was just as strong. On a day when reactions from survivors, including Weinstein’s […]

*Attorney Antonio talks about the cases of Harvey Weinstein, and Bill Cosby, and details the problem in contrasting their respective imagery. Moore also details the new allegations by Terry Crews that he was a victim of harassment, and discusses our society viewing him as a victim. ABC News 17 accusers share their stories of Harvey […]

Harvey Weinstein (Getty) *A new book about disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein details his bad hygiene and ‘deformed’ genitalia. Weinstein,70, is serving a 23-year sentence after his 2020 conviction in New York for raping an aspiring actress and sexually assaulting a production assistant.  In a new book titled “Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the […]

[…] “Empire” actress Kaitlin Doubleday has penned a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter in which she shares for the first time her accusation of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein. Doubleday says the movie mogul invited her to his hotel room under the guise of watching footage from one his films. “‘Will you please just watch […]

*Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reached a $44 million deal with his sexual misconduct accusers, former studio’s board members, and the New York attorney general’s office. Although Weinstein denies sexually harassing or abusing over 75 women, sources say the agreement has not been finalized, but will resolve a number of civil lawsuits against him, […]

Executive Producer Harvey Weinstein and JAY-Z attend the TIME: The Kalief Browder Story Sundance World Premiere. January 25, 2017. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Spike TV *Jay-Z is said to be interested in taking over Harvey Weinstein’s interest in The Weinstein Company after its namesake was fired amid a multitude of sexual harassment allegations […]

Harvey Weinstein *Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is also someone that has had to deal with Harvey Weinstein‘s sexual harassment. We know this because Nyong’o, who’s also a director/producer,  just wrote a very detailed essay for the NY Times on her experiences with Weinstein who made several explicit moves her when she was just starting […]

*Attorneys have hit Harvey Weinstein, his companies and members of The Weinstein Company Holdings’ Board of Directors with a class-action lawsuit on behalf of six women representing a proposed class of hundreds of actresses who suffered sexual assault and other acts at the hands of the movie mogul.  The suit states that the defendants facilitated Weinstein’s organized […]

Louisette Geiss (L) and Gloria Allred *Another woman has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein – this time appearing in a press conference Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 10) with high-profile attorney Gloria Allred. Actress and screenwriter Louisette Geiss said Weinstein tried to force her to watch him masturbate while she was pitching a […]

[…] for Malia Obama (and the Obamas) if she is ensnared in a lawsuit aimed at locking down the former first daughter so she can be questioned about Harvey Weinstein during her time at the company. Don’t be surprised to learn that Malia will be subpoenaed for a deposition in a class action lawsuit against Weinstein […]

[…] Olivier Awards 2017 at Royal Albert Hall on April 9, 2017 in London, England. *A movie director says he was once fired from a film because producer Harvey Weinstein decided that the woman he picked to star, black British actress Sophie Okonedo, wasn’t “f–kable.’’ “Harvey kept saying to me, ‘Do you think she is f–kable?’ […]