Four of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers filed a motion on Tuesday to block the payout of a $35.2 million bankruptcy plan, including $17.1 million for 50 of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct victims.
The four accusers — Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Alexandra Canosa and Aimee McBain — argue that the plan immunizes Weinstein Co. board members and employees from legal liability for their part in Weinstein’s misconduct.
A bankruptcy judge approved the plan on Jan. 25, finding that it provided the best opportunity for victims to obtain some payout, and 83% of Weinstein’s accusers voted to accept it.
The dissident accusers filed a notice in Delaware bankruptcy court on Tuesday indicating that they would appeal to the U.S. District Court in Delaware. They also filed a motion for a stay, seeking to prevent the distribution of funds pending the outcome of the appeal, which could end up before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.
Under the bankruptcy plan,...
The four accusers — Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Alexandra Canosa and Aimee McBain — argue that the plan immunizes Weinstein Co. board members and employees from legal liability for their part in Weinstein’s misconduct.
A bankruptcy judge approved the plan on Jan. 25, finding that it provided the best opportunity for victims to obtain some payout, and 83% of Weinstein’s accusers voted to accept it.
The dissident accusers filed a notice in Delaware bankruptcy court on Tuesday indicating that they would appeal to the U.S. District Court in Delaware. They also filed a motion for a stay, seeking to prevent the distribution of funds pending the outcome of the appeal, which could end up before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.
Under the bankruptcy plan,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Once thought blocked, the long road to a global settlement for victims of Harvey Weinstein got a green light of sorts today in federal court.
A Delaware judge Wednesday allowed attorneys for debtors to start contacting potential Weinstein victims who might want to file claims in the more than two-year-old bankruptcy case of the imprisoned mogul.
The move at a hearing by Judge Mary Walrath in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware unlocked a step in the process. It didn’t address a controversial revised settlement that emerged overnight Tuesday, which was excoriated by attorneys of some victims. That settlement shrank the pot of cash available to victims but also eliminated a payout to reimburse Weinstein’s legal costs.
On the legal costs, “Judge Hellerstein called that obnoxious, and we heard that,” said Paul Zumbro of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, speaking for debtors at the hearing, referring to U.S.
A Delaware judge Wednesday allowed attorneys for debtors to start contacting potential Weinstein victims who might want to file claims in the more than two-year-old bankruptcy case of the imprisoned mogul.
The move at a hearing by Judge Mary Walrath in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware unlocked a step in the process. It didn’t address a controversial revised settlement that emerged overnight Tuesday, which was excoriated by attorneys of some victims. That settlement shrank the pot of cash available to victims but also eliminated a payout to reimburse Weinstein’s legal costs.
On the legal costs, “Judge Hellerstein called that obnoxious, and we heard that,” said Paul Zumbro of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, speaking for debtors at the hearing, referring to U.S.
- 9/2/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
(Updated with Weinstein lawyer statement) A new proposal to settle sex crimes claims against Harvey Weinstein should be Doa, lawyers representing several of the now incarcerated producer’s victims say.
“Filed in the middle of the night to avoid attention, the latest Weinstein settlement plan is more offensive than the version that was rejected by Judge Hellerstein,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer said this morning (read the plan here). “Under the new plan, which is approximately $10 million less than the plan rejected by Judge Hellerstein, more than half of the settlement funds are paid to Robert Weinstein and the other ultra-wealthy former directors of The Weinstein Company, as well as TWC creditors including huge media companies and famous actors.”
“We continue to be perplexed by the Attorney General of New York’s endorsement of a resolution that is a complete and utter sellout of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” NYC-based...
“Filed in the middle of the night to avoid attention, the latest Weinstein settlement plan is more offensive than the version that was rejected by Judge Hellerstein,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer said this morning (read the plan here). “Under the new plan, which is approximately $10 million less than the plan rejected by Judge Hellerstein, more than half of the settlement funds are paid to Robert Weinstein and the other ultra-wealthy former directors of The Weinstein Company, as well as TWC creditors including huge media companies and famous actors.”
“We continue to be perplexed by the Attorney General of New York’s endorsement of a resolution that is a complete and utter sellout of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” NYC-based...
- 9/1/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A new settlement proposal to close out the bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company includes a reduction in payouts to accusers compared to a previous plan.
The revised $35.2 million proposal designed to close out TWC’s financial obligations includes a $17 million victims’ fund — a decrease from a settlement proposal filed and rejected in July, which included an $18.9 million victims’ fund that would allow women from both the TWC and Miramax era to make claims, as well as a $5.4 million settlement for 14 individual victims as part of the liquidation of TWC.
The Tuesday filing, reviewed by TheWrap, said that the $35,214,882.30 proposed settlement, to be paid out by insurance companies, would be divided as such: “(i) the aggregate Cash amount of the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund; (ii) the aggregate Cash amount to the Estates in the amount of the Liquidation Trust Settlement Payment; (iii) the aggregate Cash amount of the Former Representatives Defense Costs.
The revised $35.2 million proposal designed to close out TWC’s financial obligations includes a $17 million victims’ fund — a decrease from a settlement proposal filed and rejected in July, which included an $18.9 million victims’ fund that would allow women from both the TWC and Miramax era to make claims, as well as a $5.4 million settlement for 14 individual victims as part of the liquidation of TWC.
The Tuesday filing, reviewed by TheWrap, said that the $35,214,882.30 proposed settlement, to be paid out by insurance companies, would be divided as such: “(i) the aggregate Cash amount of the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund; (ii) the aggregate Cash amount to the Estates in the amount of the Liquidation Trust Settlement Payment; (iii) the aggregate Cash amount of the Former Representatives Defense Costs.
- 9/1/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Two weeks after a federal judge decimated a proposed $19 million class action settlement for victims of the currently incarcerated Harvey Weinstein, lawyers for several women involved want the New York Attorney General to put the brakes on an emerging sleight of hand legal move.
“It appears that Harvey and Robert Weinstein, their insurers and corporate enablers are so desperate to secure the deal that Judge Hellerstein immediately rejected as “obnoxious” that they are now going to ask the bankruptcy court to approve what Judge Hellerstein would not,” said Douglas Wignor and Kevin Mintzer after a filing in Bankruptcy court on Tuesday by the estate of the Weinstein Co.
“This conduct is downright offensive and the New York Attorney General should immediately make it clear that she will refuse to endorse this end-around scheme,” the long objecting counsel for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff...
“It appears that Harvey and Robert Weinstein, their insurers and corporate enablers are so desperate to secure the deal that Judge Hellerstein immediately rejected as “obnoxious” that they are now going to ask the bankruptcy court to approve what Judge Hellerstein would not,” said Douglas Wignor and Kevin Mintzer after a filing in Bankruptcy court on Tuesday by the estate of the Weinstein Co.
“This conduct is downright offensive and the New York Attorney General should immediately make it clear that she will refuse to endorse this end-around scheme,” the long objecting counsel for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff...
- 7/28/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Weinstein Co. bankruptcy estate is scrambling to salvage a $46.8 million global settlement that was rejected by a federal judge two weeks ago.
The estate informed a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that the estate is working “feverishly” to arrange a deal with dozens of women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The settlement would provide about $24 million to the plaintiffs and their attorneys, and send millions more to trade creditors and defense lawyers.
The revised agreement would be structured similarly to the one that U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected on July 14. But it would not treat plaintiffs as a “class,” thereby avoiding the need for Hellerstein’s approval.
Hellerstein objected to the deal on the grounds that the women’s accusations are too dissimilar for class action status. He also found it “obnoxious” that the deal would provide millions of dollars to pay for defense...
The estate informed a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that the estate is working “feverishly” to arrange a deal with dozens of women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The settlement would provide about $24 million to the plaintiffs and their attorneys, and send millions more to trade creditors and defense lawyers.
The revised agreement would be structured similarly to the one that U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected on July 14. But it would not treat plaintiffs as a “class,” thereby avoiding the need for Hellerstein’s approval.
Hellerstein objected to the deal on the grounds that the women’s accusations are too dissimilar for class action status. He also found it “obnoxious” that the deal would provide millions of dollars to pay for defense...
- 7/28/2020
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Two of the alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein are pushing to have the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process conclude, with plaintiffs able to pursue individual cases through Chapter 7 instead.
Actresses Wedil David and Dominque Huett are referred to in court documents as “non-settling plaintiffs.” Both are already pursuing their own separate cases over rape and sexual assault accusations against Weinstein, who has started serving a 23-year prison sentence after a criminal conviction in March.
The two are among many critics of a proposed settlement that would have delivered $19 million to the dozens of women with claims against the former movie mogul. Last week, New York Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected the proposed agreement because it would have been funded by insurance, with a large chunk of the overall $47 million going to attorneys.
In a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, attorneys for David and Huett asked for the Chapter...
Actresses Wedil David and Dominque Huett are referred to in court documents as “non-settling plaintiffs.” Both are already pursuing their own separate cases over rape and sexual assault accusations against Weinstein, who has started serving a 23-year prison sentence after a criminal conviction in March.
The two are among many critics of a proposed settlement that would have delivered $19 million to the dozens of women with claims against the former movie mogul. Last week, New York Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected the proposed agreement because it would have been funded by insurance, with a large chunk of the overall $47 million going to attorneys.
In a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, attorneys for David and Huett asked for the Chapter...
- 7/21/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein Tuesday rejected the proposed settlement of the misconduct cases against Harvey Weinstein. The settlement includes a $18.9 million victims’ fund.
“This is not a class action,” Hellerstein said. “I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement.”
Hellerstein also rejected the notion Weinstein, his brother Bob, and board members of the Weinstein Co. would benefit financially, stating, “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.”
Also Read: Weinstein Accusers File Opposition to Insurance Settlement, Call It 'Cruel Hoax'
The decision came one day after attorneys for Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement.
The attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit, said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement,...
“This is not a class action,” Hellerstein said. “I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement.”
Hellerstein also rejected the notion Weinstein, his brother Bob, and board members of the Weinstein Co. would benefit financially, stating, “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.”
Also Read: Weinstein Accusers File Opposition to Insurance Settlement, Call It 'Cruel Hoax'
The decision came one day after attorneys for Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement.
The attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit, said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Amidst a growing chorus of objections, a federal judge this morning just killed the proposed $19 million settlement for victims of Harvey Weinstein.
“Based on my studies of the papers, based on my study of the objection papers, and based on the flaws that I have already noted, I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement,” declared Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday.
With repeated questioning, the US District Court judge pulled apart the terms of the June 30 unveiled multi-million-dollar deal in the short telephone conference this morning after listening to plaintiffs’ chief lawyer Elizabeth Fagan lay out the case for the settlement. “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious,” Judge Hallerstein who oversaw the 9/11 settlement case years ago, said. “The idea you can regulate the claims of people not in the settlement — I can’t subscribe to that,” he added, sweeping...
“Based on my studies of the papers, based on my study of the objection papers, and based on the flaws that I have already noted, I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement,” declared Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday.
With repeated questioning, the US District Court judge pulled apart the terms of the June 30 unveiled multi-million-dollar deal in the short telephone conference this morning after listening to plaintiffs’ chief lawyer Elizabeth Fagan lay out the case for the settlement. “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious,” Judge Hallerstein who oversaw the 9/11 settlement case years ago, said. “The idea you can regulate the claims of people not in the settlement — I can’t subscribe to that,” he added, sweeping...
- 7/14/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement Monday.
They said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement, Weinstein will not accept responsibility for his actions. The settlement, they said, is one-sided and unfair.
Also Read: Harvey Weinstein Accusers Finalize $24 Million Settlement With The Weinstein Company
They argued that Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the former directors of The Weinstein Company would not only contribute nothing and be absolved from liability, but would likely collectively take in about $15 million from the proposed settlement agreement. That amount, they argued, would likely be more than the accusers would divide among each other.
Lawyers Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit said in a joint Monday statement, “As our opposition papers make clear,...
They said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement, Weinstein will not accept responsibility for his actions. The settlement, they said, is one-sided and unfair.
Also Read: Harvey Weinstein Accusers Finalize $24 Million Settlement With The Weinstein Company
They argued that Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the former directors of The Weinstein Company would not only contribute nothing and be absolved from liability, but would likely collectively take in about $15 million from the proposed settlement agreement. That amount, they argued, would likely be more than the accusers would divide among each other.
Lawyers Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit said in a joint Monday statement, “As our opposition papers make clear,...
- 7/13/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Expected to soon launch his long-anticipated appeal over being sentenced earlier this year to 23 years behind bars for a plethora of sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein now will also be facing confrontation over a proposed multi-million-dollar settlement for more women the producer sexually assaulted.
“The class settlement, filed in the name of class representatives who deserve better, will
provide little relief for most of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” says an opposition filed today in federal court to the proposed $19 million dollar deal, made public on June 30 “Although the deal speaks about individual awards up to $750,000 and the New York State Attorney General has bragged about a ‘win’ for victims, that is all a cruel hoax,” the objection from attorneys for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff states (Read It Here).
“The truth is that the average award to class members under this proposal is...
“The class settlement, filed in the name of class representatives who deserve better, will
provide little relief for most of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” says an opposition filed today in federal court to the proposed $19 million dollar deal, made public on June 30 “Although the deal speaks about individual awards up to $750,000 and the New York State Attorney General has bragged about a ‘win’ for victims, that is all a cruel hoax,” the objection from attorneys for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff states (Read It Here).
“The truth is that the average award to class members under this proposal is...
- 7/13/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
“Respectfully, it is time to step up and come out of the shadows,” open letter asks New York state attorney general.
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be nearing a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be nearing a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
- 3/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
“Respectfully, it is time to step up and come out of the shadows,” open letter asks New York state attorney general.
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be near a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be near a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
- 3/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Seven women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct have implored New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, to renegotiate the terms of a $25 million civil settlement that some of Weinstein’s accusers have tentatively reached with the convicted producer so that it “adequately compensates victims and doesn’t fund the alleged wrongdoers’ defense.”
The open letter from Zoë Brock, Alexandra Canosa, Rowena Chiu, Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Zelda Perkins, and Kaja Sokola and published on Medium called the settlement “insulting to all of the survivors.” The accusers said the money only “represents a small fraction of what should be paid by Mr. Weinstein, his former directors and officers, and large multi-billion dollar insurance companies.”
The letter went further, condemning how the money would be divided: “By supporting a settlement which takes funds that would otherwise go to a victim to a victimizer, the Attorney General’s Office will effectively...
The open letter from Zoë Brock, Alexandra Canosa, Rowena Chiu, Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Zelda Perkins, and Kaja Sokola and published on Medium called the settlement “insulting to all of the survivors.” The accusers said the money only “represents a small fraction of what should be paid by Mr. Weinstein, his former directors and officers, and large multi-billion dollar insurance companies.”
The letter went further, condemning how the money would be divided: “By supporting a settlement which takes funds that would otherwise go to a victim to a victimizer, the Attorney General’s Office will effectively...
- 3/9/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Harvey Weinstein has been hit with a civil complaint from a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the indie movie mogul when she was 16.
Kaja Sokola claims that Weinstein, the former head of Miramax and the Weinstein Company, met her at an event put on by her modeling agency in 2002 when she was still a minor. He arranged to have lunch with her to talk about her career, but after picking her up, he allegedly took her to his Soho apartment instead of to a restaurant. Once there, Sokola, an aspiring actress, claims the film executive bullied her into allowing him to fondle her and made her touch his penis.
“Terrified and struggling to hold back tears, Sokola said she did not want to do anything further and resisted his demands,” the complaint reads. “Sokola had no intention or understanding when she agreed to a business lunch that...
Kaja Sokola claims that Weinstein, the former head of Miramax and the Weinstein Company, met her at an event put on by her modeling agency in 2002 when she was still a minor. He arranged to have lunch with her to talk about her career, but after picking her up, he allegedly took her to his Soho apartment instead of to a restaurant. Once there, Sokola, an aspiring actress, claims the film executive bullied her into allowing him to fondle her and made her touch his penis.
“Terrified and struggling to hold back tears, Sokola said she did not want to do anything further and resisted his demands,” the complaint reads. “Sokola had no intention or understanding when she agreed to a business lunch that...
- 12/19/2019
- by Brent Lang and Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A long heralded multi-million-dollar settlement between Harvey Weinstein, his former company and dozens of alleged victims of the much-accused producer is far from a done deal, it seems. And clauses in the tentative $25 million agreement that could see the rape trial facing Weinstein reap big bucks for his own legal fees and not have to admit any guilt to his accusers could hobble the whole thing.
“This is b******t, and people are being bullied into taking the insurance money and going away, while Weinstein and the board get what’s essentially get a free pass,” said one lawyer representing a potential member of the settlement that has been in the works on and off for almost a year.
“We are opposed to the global settlement,” declares Thomas Giuffra, who is representing Alexandra Canosa against the Weinsteins. “The ‘new settlement’ is the same one that was announced several months ago...
“This is b******t, and people are being bullied into taking the insurance money and going away, while Weinstein and the board get what’s essentially get a free pass,” said one lawyer representing a potential member of the settlement that has been in the works on and off for almost a year.
“We are opposed to the global settlement,” declares Thomas Giuffra, who is representing Alexandra Canosa against the Weinsteins. “The ‘new settlement’ is the same one that was announced several months ago...
- 12/11/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein and the board of the bankrupt Weinstein Company have reached a tentative agreement with more than 30 actresses and women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, TheWrap has learned, in a deal that the New York Times has reported to be worth $25 million.
Weinstein would not be required to admit wrongdoing or pay his accusers with his own money, according to lawyers involved in the negotiations via the New York Times. The Times adds that the deal would end nearly every civil lawsuit related to accusations of misconduct dating back to 2017 brought against Weinstein and his former company.
More than 30 actresses who have accused the former movie mogul of claims of sexual harassment to rape would share the payout, and several lawyers who spoke to the Times say that the global legal settlement has preliminary approval from all major parties involved.
Representatives for Weinstein declined to comment or discuss the financials.
Weinstein would not be required to admit wrongdoing or pay his accusers with his own money, according to lawyers involved in the negotiations via the New York Times. The Times adds that the deal would end nearly every civil lawsuit related to accusations of misconduct dating back to 2017 brought against Weinstein and his former company.
More than 30 actresses who have accused the former movie mogul of claims of sexual harassment to rape would share the payout, and several lawyers who spoke to the Times say that the global legal settlement has preliminary approval from all major parties involved.
Representatives for Weinstein declined to comment or discuss the financials.
- 12/11/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys have filed a motion to toss out sex trafficking claims against him.
The paperwork was filed Friday in Manhattan federal court in connection with a lawsuit by actress Wedil David, who claimed Weinstein raped her in late 2015 at the Beverly Hills hotel.
David claims to have met Weinstein at a 2011 party, where he offered assistance on her career. She further claimed he used the promise of a role in the TV series Marco Polo to get her to the hotel.
The Friday filing requests that sex trafficking claims – which have been made in other Weinstein-related lawsuits and approved by judges – be tossed. Weinstein is appealing those other rulings as well.
His attorneys argued that such allegations are an “improper expansion of the laws against human trafficking,” according to the filing. The sex trafficking act was is intended to criminalize slavery, involuntary servitude and human trafficking for commercial gain,...
The paperwork was filed Friday in Manhattan federal court in connection with a lawsuit by actress Wedil David, who claimed Weinstein raped her in late 2015 at the Beverly Hills hotel.
David claims to have met Weinstein at a 2011 party, where he offered assistance on her career. She further claimed he used the promise of a role in the TV series Marco Polo to get her to the hotel.
The Friday filing requests that sex trafficking claims – which have been made in other Weinstein-related lawsuits and approved by judges – be tossed. Weinstein is appealing those other rulings as well.
His attorneys argued that such allegations are an “improper expansion of the laws against human trafficking,” according to the filing. The sex trafficking act was is intended to criminalize slavery, involuntary servitude and human trafficking for commercial gain,...
- 6/22/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ashley Judd is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will not be participating in a reported $44 million settlement with the disgraced ex-mogul.
A bankruptcy court judge is expected to rule June 4 on whether the settlement can proceed.
The road to appeasing the many alleged victims, creditors, board members and others with claims against the Weinstein Co. has been a tortuous one. A previous “victims fund” proposed in a lawsuit filed by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit the rocks when the company declared bankruptcy and when Schneiderman himself faced sexual misconduct charges that saw him leave office.
In a tweet Friday that was appended with the #MeToo hashtag, Judd declared that her lawsuit against Weinstein is “ongoing” and that she “intends to take him to trial.” Judd’s allegations, however, are part of a separate case that is separate from the overall settlement talks.
Attorneys Douglas H.
A bankruptcy court judge is expected to rule June 4 on whether the settlement can proceed.
The road to appeasing the many alleged victims, creditors, board members and others with claims against the Weinstein Co. has been a tortuous one. A previous “victims fund” proposed in a lawsuit filed by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit the rocks when the company declared bankruptcy and when Schneiderman himself faced sexual misconduct charges that saw him leave office.
In a tweet Friday that was appended with the #MeToo hashtag, Judd declared that her lawsuit against Weinstein is “ongoing” and that she “intends to take him to trial.” Judd’s allegations, however, are part of a separate case that is separate from the overall settlement talks.
Attorneys Douglas H.
- 5/24/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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