Harvey Weinstein

[irocfan]

IIRC the issue is that legal cases are sooooo expensive in the US that even if HW is innocent it'd cost him more than the $44m to defend himself so I can understand it from financial perspective. I will say though that I cannot imagine that if someone had 100% raped me I'd be accepting his $$ to go away

Edited by irocfan on Friday 24th May 13:39

[Turfy]

ash73 said:

If it was consensual, why is he paying them off?

If it wasn't consensual, he should go to jail.

Money shouldn't come into it.

He doesn’t want to roll the dice and it suits everyone.

A few years ago, I had an altercation and was very happy I would win in court, but I was told, a loss would be jail time. I was happy I was in the right, the CPS were happy I was not. 30 mins before I was offered a 50hrs Community Service for a guilty plea to a much lesser charge...I took it. The worst case scenario was worse than one I could live with.

If you’ve bought a perfectly steamed item of clothing in a charity shop in SE London, I hope you’re happy with it

Edited by Turfy on Friday 24th May 14:08

[kev1974]

Appears to have pulled a zimmerframe out of a skip and found a terrible suit to wear for his latest appearance?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7782399/W...

[TTmonkey]

Appears to have paid them all off.

[Welshbeef]

ash73 said:

If it was consensual, why is he paying them off?

If it wasn't consensual, he should go to jail.

Money shouldn't come into it.

If you’ve the money and are the alleged sometimes you don’t want the stress or publicity. So grudgingly pay them off even if Totally innocent.

[Ratski83]

The cries of #metoo and #timesup go awfully quiet when $25m compo is at stake. Got to love female empowerment.

[LittleBigPlanet]

Radio 4 item this morning stated that Weinstein won't lose a penny, the compensation payments will be met by insurance policies held by the film studio.

[glazbagun]

Ratski83 said:

The cries of #metoo and #timesup go awfully quiet when $25m compo is at stake. Got to love female empowerment.

Millionaire in "can buy justice" shocker.

[JuniorD]

I remember seeing this Billboard ad in Hollywood, circa 2011

[bazza white]

Can some push the civil action to go further. Who decides/decided this was acceptable. The 25m pot is also for future cases.


30 civil cases here yet only 2 criminal cases.

[Burwood]

Pulls a Bill Cosby. What a mutt

[Alpinestars]

LittleBigPlanet said:

Radio 4 item this morning stated that Weinstein won't lose a penny, the compensation payments will be met by insurance policies held by the film studio.

The company is in Chapter 11, possibly moving to Chapter 7 liquidation. There were also suggestions that he might file for personal bankruptcy.

[Alpinestars]

TTmonkey said:

Appears to have paid them all off.

My understanding is that he’s reached a tentative settlement with “some”. And others are not accepting the proposal.

[aaron_2000]

Burwood said:

Pulls a Bill Cosby. What a mutt

I hope someone helps him make that a reality.

[Burwood]

aaron_2000 said:

Burwood said:

Pulls a Bill Cosby. What a mutt

I hope someone helps him make that a reality.

He isn't getting off the hook is he.

[WCZ]

easily paid off I guess,

when this is over I think he should go into politics. I think he could do well there tbh

[Burwood]

WCZ said:

easily paid off I guess,

when this is over I think he should go into politics. I think he could do well there tbh

He can pay them off but it doesn't mean he escapes prosecution. Besides he didn't pay the settlement, his insurance policy did.

[saaby93]

Burwood said:

He can pay them off but it doesn't mean he escapes prosecution. Besides he didn't pay the settlement, his insurance policy did.

What sort of clause is it in the policy

[Thorodin]

I don't think the insurance policy is 'his'. Think it's an indemnity by the studio companies to avoid corporate Class actions by millions of people.

[popeyewhite]

aaron_2000 said:

Burwood said:

Pulls a Bill Cosby. What a mutt

I hope someone helps him make that a reality.

This isn't the Twitter-sewer.

Do you think someone who physically incapacitates another person would be any better than Weinstein himself?