Actress Rose McGowan on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and his team of high-powered lawyers and covert investigators, accusing them of carrying out a plot to discredit and silence her. Along with Weinstein, the lawsuit names attorneys David Boies and Lisa Bloom, who worked for Weinstein, and Black Cube, a private investigation firm allegedly hired to dig up dirt on McGowan. Determined to learn what McGowan planned to write and to stop her from publishing the book, Weinstein leaned on Boies and, later, Bloom for help, the lawsuit alleges. Boies’ law firm, in turn, hired Black Cube, a secretive firm run by former Israeli intelligence agents, the lawsuit alleges. Lawyers for Weinstein and Bloom disputed the allegations.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2019 21:42 UTC