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‘ANISTON NEEDS TO DIE’

Weinstein wanted JEN killed

- By CHRISTOPHE­R BUCKTIN

RAPIST mogul Harvey Weinstein said Friends star Jennifer Aniston “should be killed” after wrongly believing she had accused him of groping her.

HARVEY Weinstein said Jennifer Aniston she “should had accused be killed” him after of groping wrongly her. believing

The disgraced movie mogul suggested to his representa­tive that the Friends star be murdered.

It came after rapist Weinstein learned a magazine was planning to report he had sexually assaulted her.

Newly-released court records show that on October 31, 2017, amid allegation­s against him, Weinstein’s spokeswoma­n sent him an email from the National Enquirer. Sallie Hofmeister, a senior executive at public relations firm Sitrick,

wrote: “Not sure if you saw this one. Jennifer Aniston.”

In its email, the Enquirer said to that: a friend “Jennifer that confided during the production of the 2005 movie Derailed, Weinstein sexually assaulted her by pressing up against her back... grabbing her buttocks.”

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It went on: “Through the years he would frequently stare at her cleavage/breast and move his mouth around making Jennifer uncomforta­ble.

“We also quote a source close to Jennifer who tells the Enquirer, ‘Harvey was infatuated with Jennifer Aniston. He had a massive crush on her and constantly talked about how hot she was.’”

Less than an hour after receiving the email, Weinstein sent Hofmeister a response on his phone.

He wrote: “Jen Aniston should be killed.”

The details emerged in more than 1,000 court

documents of today. last Weinstein’s month He was of released third-degree found sentencing ahead guilty rape criminal and sex a act, first-degree following a four-week trial. The 67-year-old faces up to 29 years in prison. His legal team have pleaded with a judge to limit his jail sentence to the minimum of five years, saying he may otherwise die behind bars.

They claimed: “The grave reality is that Mr Weinstein may not even outlive that term.”

In response to the Enquirer Aniston’s email publicist revelation yesterday denied Weinstein ever assaulted her.

Stephen Huvane said: “He never got close enough to her to touch her.

“She has never been alone with him. We have no idea about the email since it wasn’t sent to us, nor do we have any comment to make on it.”

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