Female-led investors eye Weinstein company

LOS ANGELES: Two female- led investor groups are interested in taking over The Weinstein Company, which is on the verge of bankruptcy after the sexual misconduct allegations that have poured in against co- founder Harvey Weinstein, said US media and a source close to the issue.

One is led by Killer Content, an audiovisual production company, and includes the Disney and the New York Women’s Foundation.

It is preparing to make an offer production company co-founded by the disgraced Hollywood mogul and his brother Bob, said a source close to the operation and

These parties plan to donate - pany to organizations that work to help victims of sexual assault.

- pared by Maria Contreras-Sweet, who led the Small Business - dency of Barack Obama.

In a letter to the company’s board, Contreras-Sweet said she of financial partners, advisors and consultants.”

In the letter, published by several US media outlets including the online magazine Deadline, Contreras- Sweet said it was essential that a board led by women take over The Weinstein Company.

Deadline reported that the Contreras-Sweet group is offering $ 275 million ( 232 million

More than 100 women have now come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault over the past 40 years.

Since the stream of accusations began in October, Weinstein Company projects have come to a halt and many companies and people who worked with it have shunned the company.