{"id":403725,"date":"2018-02-23T07:35:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T07:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403725"},"modified":"2018-02-23T07:35:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T07:35:39","slug":"weinstein-sorry-using-streeps-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/weinstein-sorry-using-streeps-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Weinstein sorry for using Streep’s name"},"content":{"rendered":"
Harvey Weinstein has apologised to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence after his lawyers used their names in his defence against a legal action.<\/p>\n
His lawyers want a class action lawsuit dismissed for being too broad and used favourable quotes from the two stars.<\/p>\n
But Ms Streep described the way they used the fact he did not abuse her as “pathetic”, while Ms Lawrence said he had taken things “out of context”.<\/p>\n
Mr Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women.<\/p>\n
He denies all allegations of non-consensual sex.<\/p>\n
Six women are suing Mr Weinstein and what they dub the “Weinstein Sexual Enterprise”, which they say includes his brother Bob and their film studio The Weinstein Company. The plaintiffs argue the “enterprise” conspired to conceal Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n
Many Weinstein Company board members, including Bob Weinstein, have said they did not previously know about allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against Harvey Weinstein.<\/p>\n
In seeking to have the lawsuit dismissed, his lawyers argued in a motion that it was far too broad and “would include all women who ever met with Weinstein, regardless of whether they claimed to have suffered any identifiable harm as a result of that meeting.”<\/p>\n
They quoted Ms Lawrence as saying in a media interview that the Hollywood mogul had “only ever been nice to me”.<\/p>\n
However, they did not mention her adding, “except for the moments that he wasn’t” – times when she said she would confront him verbally.<\/p>\n
In a statement Ms Lawrence said: “Harvey Weinstein and his company are continuing to do what they have always done which is to take things out of context and use them for their own benefit. This is what predators do, and it must stop.”<\/p>\n