He has said many of the details of those public accounts are inaccurate and he has denied accusations of criminal sexual harassment, rape and sexual assault. Sallie Hofmeister, a spokesperson for Weinstein, said: “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr Weinstein. Hours after defending Weinstein at film festival in South Korea, director Oliver Stone pasted a message on Facebook saying he would “recuse” himself from Showtime’s Guantánamo series “as long as the Weinstein Company is involved”. Charney has consistently denied sexual harassment allegations made against him by his own employees. “If the claims come from Weinstein employees, some of the more recent could flow through Harvey Weinstein to the company for the harassment,” said Hyman.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2017 10:52 UTC