Harvey Weinstein News: Former Film Executive Allegedly Hired Spies to Prevent Victims and Journalists From Exposing Wrongdoings
Award-winning producer and film-maker Harvey Weinstein allegedly hired an army of security agencies in his attempt to stop women and journalists from revealing his sexual offenses.
Weinstein, according to the New Yorker, began enlisting the help of security agencies in 2016. These agencies were tasked to spy on and gather information from key journalists and the victims of Weinstein's offenses. The investigators would target those who were looking to expose his actions.
A private investigator from Black Cube, which is one of the most influential and biggest corporate-intelligence company, met with actress Rose McGowan several times, according to the publication.
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McGowan's social media account was temporarily suspended after she accused Weinstein of rape. McGowan met with a person named Diana Filip to discuss her possible participation as a speaker at a gala. It was later revealed that Filip is an alias for a former officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, who now works as a private investigator in Black Cube. Furthermore, Filip was tasked to gather information specific to Weinstein's sexual offenses and if McGowan planned on exposing them.
Weinstein's camp has since responded to the allegations calling them nothing but fiction. Investigations on the accusations made against Weinstein is still ongoing but the former film executive has been expelled from the Television Academy for life.
"After a hearing today, the Television Academy's governance has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein from the Academy for life," said the Academy in a statement to Variety. "The Academy supports those speaking out against harassment in all forms and stands behind those who have been affected by this issue. The unfolding and widespread examples of this horrific behavior are deeply disturbing to the Academy's leadership."
Weinstein was previously known for his work as a producer, which yielded "Gangs of New York," "Pulp Fiction," and "Shakespeare in Love."
