Harvey Weinstein

[caperberries]

Rumours have been circulating about this disgusting man and his sleazy casting couch for years... He has offered a half-hearted apology, but seems rather smug about the fact that his family are supporting him.

AIBU to think his wife is misguided? What sort of example is she setting to her daughter? After all, this isn't a one-off - it is a pattern of serious abuse of women over decades.

www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html

[GorgeousLadyOfWrangling]

Oh and the earliest took place 1980 so it's been nearly four decades of Wankstainery. All, so far, women in their 20s. Youngest being Kate Beckinsale.

[Datun]

GorgeousLadyOfWrangling

Thanks for the update. It’s brilliant that you’re keeping track of this.

There will be many, many more. He is an opportunist, and he would have had a legion of opportunities

[HadronCollider]

54??! It just gets more depressing. Especially when you realise there's plenty more

[HelenaDove]

www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/17/reese-witherspoon-alleges-sexual-assault-by-director-when-she-was-16?CMP=share_btn_tw

[GorgeousLadyOfWrangling]

54. Allegedly. 49 named, 5 anon. (Although Lauren O'Connor's harassment was that she was being used to honeypot women iirc)
    
    That list doesn't include Jessica Hynes (didn't get a role when refused to do a screen test in a bikini)
    Courtney Love (potentially blacklisted)
    Felicity Huffman (forced to wear his wife's gowns or no promotion)
    Or women he has slandered by namedropping them (Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman) Or ''Harvey's Girls'' blinds.
    Four decades of this asshole means the list is definitely longer, yep.
    Not just him either.
    Have read allegations of harassment against, Oliver Stone and a Danish director as well as two 'open secrets' who were presumably on the shitty media men spreadsheet. John Oliver hit the nail on the head when pointing out Casey Affleck will be handing over the Best Actress award in 2018.
    Kudos to Lisa Ryan (The Cut) who is the only journo updating an exhaustive list of complainants. For others I suspect it is already fish and chip paper or as the Germans put it ''yesterday's snow''.
    (Edited by MNHQ)

[JemimaLovesHamble]

Danish director is Lars Von Trier. jezebel.com/lars-von-trier-says-he-didnt-sexually-harass-bjork-1819599439 The producer of the film he put Bjork in said that actually they (the men in charge) were victims of her...

I like this guy He is reacting to the statements by Lohan, Karan and Allen. Listening to Woody Allen's words again I was infuriated. Making up a strawman argument about poor men who are too afraid to wink at their female co-workers when the man in question has been accused of MULTIPLE RAPES and the women who worked in his office deliberately made themselves look as dowdy as possible in hopes of avoiding his attention. Just...

[InigoTaran]

A list of the predators is being circulated, I hope they are all bloody named and shamed

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/16/me-too-victims-perpetrators-sexual-assault

[GorgeousLadyOfWrangling]

The Guardian is now running a list.
www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2017/oct/13/the-weinstein-allegations
Lena Headey and Vu Thu Phuong and Jennifer Siebel Newsome can be added to the list of complainants.
57

[JemimaLovesHamble]

That said I think it's Lars Von Trier, who knows...

I was talking to a friend about hoping James Gunn was one of the "good ones" and she reminded me I was pissed off at how the only female character in Guardians of the Galaxy gets referred to as a whore multiple times, even as a joke by another "Guardian".

And of course any comments about Joss Whedon's work and writing are irrelevant at this point. In fact I'm surprised nothing has come out about him yet. There have been strong rumours around him too, as well as the vaguely admitted-to stuff.

[GorgeousLadyOfWrangling]

I didn't name him Jem as she hadn't BUT björk has only ever been in one film...

[GorgeousLadyOfWrangling]

www.indiewire.com/2017/10/bjork-sexual-harassment-lars-von-trier-denial-1201888174/

[ItLooksABitOff]

Reese Witherspoon was assaulted as a 16 year old by a director

blindgossip.com/?p=87730

[badbadhusky]

That's a really terrific statement by Witherspoon. Good for her! Sad also that she has felt so alone in the past.

[CaveMum]

Are we going to have a second thread, as we're very close to the limit on this one.

Is AIBU the right place for it now? It does tend to attract the, ahem, more vocal posters.

It feels too serious to be in "Sleb Twaddle" but we don't want it to disappear like "Chat". Perhaps "In The News" would be best?

[HelenaDove]

www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/12/reese-witherspoon-hollywood-powerful-female-star-big-little-lies-sky-atlantic

[HelenaDove]

www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/interviews/reese-witherspoon-on-women-in-film


She has her own companies Type A Films and digital media company Hello Sunshine.

[InigoTaran]

Yes please do another thread! In the News is great.

[CaveMum]

New thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/in_the_news/3062943-Harvey-Weinstein-continued-thread-2?watched=1

GLOW I've put your list of allegations to date in the opening post if that's ok.