We got you: victims tell weinstein

LOS ANGELES: Women in Hollywood expressed relief, hope and vindication on Friday as movie producer Harvey Weinstein was charged with rape after decades of alleged sexual misconduct. Italian actress Asia Argento, one of more than 70 women who have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, live-tweeted his surrender, as he walked into a New York City police station to be charged with two counts of rape and one count of a criminal sexual act involving two unidentified women. He was later released on a $1 million cash bond. “This is the only movie Harvey Weinstein will be remembered for #perpwalk,” Argento wrote. “Today Harvey Weinstein will take his first step on his inevitable descent to hell.” Actress Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of raping her in 1997, said on NBC’s programme that she never believed this day would come. “We got you, Harvey Weinstein, we got you,” McGowan later tweeted. actress Heather Graham, who has spoken of unsettling encounters with Weinstein in the early 2000s, wrote on Twitter that, instead of focusing on him, she would be celebrating powerful women. “This is just the beginning #TheFutureIsFemale,” Graham tweeted. Louisette Geiss, another of Weinstein’s accusers, tweeted that it was about time. “Elated and so proud to stand next to the brave women & men who are creating a new normal.”

star Mira Sorvino tweeted “#Justice” next to a news report about Weinstein.