McGowan cheers arrest of Weinstein
“We got you,” Rose McGowan said. “We got you.” The actress “didn’t believe this day would come,” she said Friday on “Megyn Kelly Today,” reacting to the early morning arrest of Harvey Weinstein, who she says raped her 20 years ago. Her reaction was right in line with how much of Hollywood cheered the mogul’s downfall.
Weinstein surrendered to New York authorities around 7:30 a.m. Eastern time. He was led into a courtroom in handcuffs and charged with crimes including rape for alleged forcible sexual acts against two women in 2013 and 2004, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said in a statement.
The judge set bail at $10 million and restricted his Weinstein’s movements to New York and Connecticut. Weinstein agreed to be electronically monitored. He denies any nonconsensual sexual relations.
“Mr. Weinstein did not invent the casting couch in Hollywood,” his attorney Benjamin Braffman said after court Friday. “And to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. Bad behavior is not on trial in this case.”
McGowan suggested that the surrender was strategically timed. “He turned himself in on a Friday. That’s a slow news weekend, Memorial Day, so he still has privileges from high up somewhere,” she said. “But this is a big strike into the heart of abuse of power.” Weinstein