(FILES) This file photo taken on May 23, 2017
shows US film producer Harvey Weinstein posing during a photocall as he
arrives to attend the De Grisogono Party on the sidelines of the 70th
Cannes Film Festival, at the Cap-Eden-Roc hotel in Antibes, near Cannes,
southeastern France, on May 23, 2017.
The Weinstein Company has launched an internal probe over sexual
harassment claims against co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, confirming he
has taken an "indefinite" leave of absence. Revelations that the
Hollywood mogul sexually harassed women for nearly three decades
prompted three of the company's nine board members to resign, according
to The New York Times which broke the news in a bombshell report earlier
this week.
/ AFP PHOTO / Yann COATSALIOU
The Beverly Hills Police Department said Tuesday it is
investigating “multiple complaints” against disgraced producer Harvey
Weinstein and director James Toback, who face numerous allegations of
unwanted sexual encounters.
Accounts of abuse by Weinstein that were published last month in The
New York Times and The New Yorker encouraged others to speak out,
unleashing a cascade of allegations of sexual harassment and assault
against leading figures in Hollywood and elsewhere.
The police department’s statement, which was titled “Recently
Reported Assaults,” did not provide details about the complaints and
said that no additional information would be released at this time.
More than 50 women including stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
and Mira Sorvino have accused 65-year-old Weinstein of sexual abuse and
harassment, although he denies forcing himself on anyone.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed 38 women who accused Toback of
unwanted sexual encounters, and the paper said it was inundated with
emails and phone calls from more than 200 additional women after the
publication of its story.
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