New York attorney general files suit against Harvey Weinstein

NEW YORK – New York’s attorney general on Sunday filed a lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Co. following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.

“As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in court papers.

Schneiderman launched a civil rights probe into the New York City-based company in October after The New York Times and The New Yorker exposed allegations of sexual assault and harassment spanning decades. The company later fired Weinstein.

Schneiderman’s probe found that employees were subjected to various verbal threats from Weinstein such as “I will kill you,” “I will kill your family,” and “You don’t know what I can do.”

In one case, the probe found that “in a fit of rage against one female employee, he yelled that she should leave the company and make babies since that was all she was good for.”

Phone and email messages seeking comment from Weinstein and the company were not returned. Representatives for Weinstein have previously denied accusations of nonconsensual sex.