He was indicted and charged with sexual assault earlier this year.
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein has given his first interview since his arrest and indictment and has admitted to offering movie roles in exchange for sexual favours.
The ex-Weinstein Company boss told The Spectator: “You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome. I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere. You got lotsa girls, no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood.”
He continued: “Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone. But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman.”
Rose McGowan, a Hollywood actress who is one of 80 women who claims that they were abused by Weinstein, refuted his statements on Twitter.
“Rapists are liars,” she wrote, followed by a second tweet claiming that his quotes do not make logistical sense.
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/1017821687323164673
Weinstein was originally accused back in November when an in-depth investigative article by The New York Times was published which noted the stories of several women who came forward with accusations of sexual harassment regarding the Hollywood producer.
The Miramax co-founder was indicted back in May, on charges of rape in the first and third degrees and first-degree criminal sexual act.
He has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex and remains free after posting $1 million bail.
Weinstein’s next court date is 30 July.
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