Harvey Weinstein

Meet Leslie Sloane, renowned publicist to the stars, including Blake Lively

31 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM

Meet Tom Cruise’s controversial agent and rumoured love interest Maha Dakhil

24 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM

Law

Luigi Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, is married to Diddy’s lawyer

Marc Agnifilo, who is representing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, used to work for Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Ben Brafman, while his wife worked for Michael Bloomberg.

17 Dec 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo are a legal power couple representing Luigi Mangione and Diddy respectively. Photos: @karenagnifilo/Instagram, TNS, AFP

Harvey Weinstein hospitalised after ‘alarming blood test’, lawyer says

Disgraced film producer has a litany of medical afflictions, which include chronic myeloid leukaemia and diabetes.

3 Dec 2024 - 12:49PM

Meet Georgina Chapman, Adrien Brody’s girlfriend and Harvey Weinstein’s ex

Fashion designer Georgina Chapman has found love again with actor Adrien Brody after a painful divorce from convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein – but is best known for her beautiful clothes.

24 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM

Celebrity children

Who are Harvey Weinstein’s 5 children – and do they stay in touch with him?

American former film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with bone cancer – but what do we know about his 5 children?

24 Oct 2024 - 6:00AM

Harvey Weinstein and his daughter Lily Weinstein in 2014; his children no longer speak to him, according to reports. Photo: Getty Images

Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge, pleads not guilty

New sex crime charge stems from an alleged assault in a Manhattan hotel in 2006.

19 Sep 2024 - 11:10AM

Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial

The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, tentatively scheduled for September 18.

12 Sep 2024 - 11:44PMvideocam

Jailed Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery

The 72-year-old former Hollywood producer has a litany of health afflictions, including coronary artery disease.

10 Sep 2024 - 1:23PM

Harvey Weinstein in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 19. The jailed former film producer was rushed to hospital on Sunday for emergency heart surgery. Photo: TNS

Crime

Britain stops criminal proceedings against Harvey Weinstein

The Crown Prosecution Service decided to discontinue proceedings because there was ‘no longer a realistic prospect of conviction’.

5 Sep 2024 - 8:55PM

Weinstein was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 while already serving a 23-year sentence in New York. Photo: AP

Harvey Weinstein under investigation for additional sexual assaults: prosecutor

Disgraced movie mogul appears in a New York court as prosecutors pursue new sex crimes charges.

10 Jul 2024 - 12:37PM

Icons and Influencers

Who is David Pecker – and why is he important in Donald Trump’s trial?

The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger

3 May 2024 - 6:55PM

Weinstein hospitalised after rape conviction overturned: ‘needs a lot of help’

The former film mogul’s lawyer says his client is a ‘train wreck health wise’ and is undergoing a battery of tests.

28 Apr 2024 - 2:35PM

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a New York courthouse in February 2020. Photo: AP

‘We know what happened’: Hollywood, accusers condemn reversal of Weinstein rape conviction

Hollywood stars, including multiple actresses who have accused Harvey Weinstein of assault, reacted with shock and outrage after the former movie producer’s New York sex crimes conviction was overturned.

26 Apr 2024 - 11:42AM

Crime

US court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from #MeToo trial

Ruling by state Court of Appeals that has ordered a new trial reopens painful chapter in the US’ reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.

25 Apr 2024 - 10:23PM

Icons and Influencers

6 of OJ Simpson’s defence lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s biggest career highlights

‘Devil’s advocate’ Dershowitz worked on Trump’s acquittal in his first impeachment trial, and defended Mike Tyson after his conviction for rape – but he regrets taking Jeffrey Epstein on as a client

16 Apr 2024 - 6:00AM

Hollywood

Quiet on Set: which Nickelodeon stars spoke up, and who stayed silent?

Several child stars have made deeply troubling allegations about the network’s staff on the show itself or following its release, though Amanda Bynes and Ariana Grande, who also worked with those people, have stayed silent

8 Apr 2024 - 10:09AM

Drake Bell and others have appeared on Quiet on Set to make allegations of abuse while working on Nickelodeon TV shows while other teen stars, like Amanda Bynes and Ariana Grande, have stayed silent. Photo: @PopBase/X

Who is NY Knicks’ James Dolan, and why is he being sued with Harvey Weinstein?

A massage therapist just sued MSG Entertainment CEO Dolan and disgraced film producer Weinstein, accusing them of sex trafficking and sexual assault – here’s what we know so far

20 Jan 2024 - 4:40AM

Explainer | What exactly is an intimacy coordinator and what do they do in TV and film?

Hollywood is prioritising the hiring of intimacy coordinators and actress Sydney Sweeney thinks every set should have one, but what exactly do they do?

3 Jan 2024 - 12:00PM

Actor Vin Diesel hit with sexual battery lawsuit by former assistant

Fast and Furious star’s lawyer says Vin Diesel ‘completely refutes these outlandish allegations’, which former assistant said occurred in a hotel room in 2010.

22 Dec 2023 - 11:06AM

Celebrities named in sex abuse suits filed under NY Adult Survivors Act

By the time the law expired last week, more than 3,700 legal claims had been filed. Celebrities named include Bill Cosby, Jamie Foxx and Steven Tyler while politicians include Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.

28 Nov 2023 - 8:55AM

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby in 2021. Photo: AP

Woman whose testimony led to Weinstein’s LA rape conviction reveals identity

Evgeniya Chernyshova – known as Jane Doe 1 during the ex-movie magnate’s high-profile trial – is a 43-year-old Siberian-born former model.

25 Feb 2023 - 6:08AMvideocam

Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years in prison in Los Angeles rape case

The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old ex-movie mogul has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York.

24 Feb 2023 - 4:11AMvideocam

#MeToo-era organisation Time’s Up ceasing operations

Time’s Up is shifting remaining funds to the independently administered Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, and stopping other operations.

22 Jan 2023 - 1:38PMvideocam

The #MeToo-era’s Time’s Up organization is ceasing operations and shifting funds to its legal defense fund, according to the group’s board chair in an interview with The Associated Press. Photo: AP/File

Harvey Weinstein guilty of Hollywood rape, jury finds

It marks the second conviction of the one-time Hollywood kingmaker who became a major target of the #MeToo movement.

20 Dec 2022 - 12:14PM

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein. File photo: Reuters