A New York appeals court upheld the 23-year prison sentence against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, ensuring that the disgraced producer will remain behind bars ahead of his upcoming Los Angeles trial on sexual assault charges. In March 2020, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty on …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Appeals Sexual Assault Convinction in New York
UPDATE (4/12): A grand jury indicted Harvey Weinstein on 11 counts of sexual assault, the Los Angeles Times reports. The indictment doesn’t feature any new charges and was reportedly part of a procedural move to skip a preliminary hearing and make sure the trial itself can move quickly (Covid-19 has …
Read More »Peter Jackson: Harvey Weinstein Blacklisted Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino
Peter Jackson revealed in a recent interview that he was strongly urged, likely under false pretenses, to avoid casting Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino in his Lord of the Rings franchise by Harvey Weinstein and his brother, Bob, back in the late 1990s. “I recall Miramax telling us they were …
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