WEIN VICS GET $19M, OK TO SPEAK IN DEAL

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault victims would be able to split a nearly $19 million victim compensation fund and be freed from their nondisclosure agreements as part of a proposed legal settlement, the state attorney general announced Tuesday.

The proposed payout would settle a 2018 lawsuit by the attorney general’s office against The Weinstein Co. LLC, Harvey and Robert Weinstein and a class action suit brought by the movie mogul’s sexual assault victims.

It still needs to be approved by the district court handling the class action suit, and the bankruptcy court presiding over The Weinstein Co.’s Chapter 11 proceedings.

The 68-year-old film producer is serving a 23-year prison sentence after a Manhattan jury convicted him in February of committing a criminal sexual act and thirddegree rape for sexually assaulting his former production assistant Miriam Haley, and for raping actress Jessica Mann.

“After all the harassment, threats and discrimination, these survivors are finally receiving some justice,” Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Tuesday night. “This agreement is a win for every woman who has experienced sexual harassment, discrimination, intimidation or retaliation by her employer. I thank the brave women who came forward to share their stories with my office.”

The proposed settlement was not met with universal praise, though.

Douglas Wigdor, who’s representing a half-dozen actresses, models and former assistants assaulted by Weinstein, called the settlement a “complete sellout.”

“We are surprised that the attorney general could somehow boast about a proposal that fails on so many different levels,” he said.

Under the settlement, Weinstein (photo) would accept no responsibility for his actions and would not pay any of his own money, while millions would go to the class-action lawyers and to the defense costs of other defendants in the suits, Wigdor charged.