TMZ reports that Harvey Weinstein has officially resigned from the Weinstein Company. Weinstein was actually fired five days ago, but his contract contained a "cooling off period" before the board could officially fire him. The board met yesterday to ratify the firing, which required Weinstein to resign. Had he not resigned, the company would have had to remove him from the board. But Harvey is not going quietly into that good night; his lawyer indicated that he plans on suing The Weinstein Company.
Think Harvey is the only predator in the Weinstein family? Think again! Variety reports that Amanda Segel, former executive producer of The Mist, has accused Bob Wenstein of sexual harassment. Quoting from the Variety article:
"Weinstein repeatedly made romantic overtures to her and asked her to join him for private dinners. The harassment began in the summer of 2016 and continued on and off for about three months until Segel’s lawyer, David Fox of Myman Greenspan, informed TWC executives — including COO David Glasser — that she would leave the show if Bob Weinstein did not stop contacting her on personal matters.
‘"No"’ should be enough. After "no," anybody who has asked you out should just move on. Bob kept referring to me that he wanted to have a friendship. He didn’t want a friendship. He wanted more than that. My hope is that "no" is enough from now on.'”
Bob Weinstein denies the allegations.
The Hollywood Reporter announces that Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, has resigned after details of his sexual harassment emerged. His fiance Lila Feinberg has left him in light of the allegations - she was going to wear a wedding dress designed for her by Georgina Chapman, estranged wife of Harvey Weinstein. Price was fired for telling Isa Hackett, a producer on Amazon's The Man in the High Castle and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, that she would love his dick.
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