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UPDATED with statements from New York Attorney General and lawyers: Amid a growing chorus of objections and opposition, a federal judge this morning 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…

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…

UPDATE, 10:58 AM: A new lawsuit from four woman claiming Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them over the decades, including the alleged rape of a 17-year old in 1994, could turn into a long legal war from the imprisoned director and the Walt Disney Company. “Mr. Weinstein intends to defend against the claims filed…

A new New York law for individuals who were molested or sexually abused as children has  resurrected an old claim again Harvey Weinstein in a new lawsuit. Former model Kaja Sokola on Thursday filed a sexual abuse suit against the Oscar-winning producer and named his brother, Bob Weinstein, their old company Miramax…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: In his first move back into the movie business since the implosion of The Weinstein Company, former TWC co-chairman Bob Weinstein has launched Watch This Entertainment. The shingle is a boutique development and production company that will develop to produce two to three films per year, with a primary focus…

Nearly a year after first taking the much-accused Harvey Weinstein to court, Paz de la Huerta has today added the Walt Disney Company, its former CEO Michael Eisner and current CEO Bob Iger plus Bob Weinstein and Miramax to a revised version multi-claim version of the complaint – and Disney wants out ASAP. “Defendant…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite being on the job for barely over a week, Harvey Weinstein's newest and latest defense lawyers won’t be asking a New York state judge for another delay in the start of the Oscar winning producer's rape trial. Led by recently hired Chicago attorneys Damon Cheronis and Donna Rotunno, the once again…

UPDATE: Former Weinstein Company co-chairman Bob Weinstein has weighed in on the lawsuit filed yesterday by ex-HR exec Frank Gil, who claimed he was fired by Weinstein and David Glasser in retaliation for doing an internal investigation at the behest of Harvey Weinstein to discover who internally had leaked…

After decades of being joined at the big-screen hip, Harvey Weinstein and his brother and longtime business partner Bob Weinstein split in late 2017 as accusations of sexual assault and harassment piled up against Harvey Weinstein. However, the brothers were still linked in the courts. But that state of affairs for…

The producers of the film Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (aka Sin City 2) are suing The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and David Glasser, alleging the distributors pushed a similar movie during the time they should have promoted the Sin City sequel. The suit, filed in Los Angeles…

Already looking at a potential life sentence in his criminal case in New York and new probes by the Los Angeles County District Attorney into sexual assault allegations on the West Coast, Harvey Weinstein now also faces the likelihood of a federal trial on sex trafficking claims. “Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that…