McGowan relieved at Weinstein indictment
NEW YORK (AP) — She was one of the earliest Harvey Weinstein accusers, and she thought the mogul might never face justice in a court of law.
Now, actress Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of raping her 20 years ago, is gratified and relieved, but “still in shock” at his surrender Friday in a Manhattan courtroom on rape charges. And she prays that the charges will stick. “I still have very guarded hopes,” McGowan told The
Associated Press in an interview Thursday night. “The justice system has been something very elusive. I hope in this case it works. Because it’s all true. None of this was consensual,” she said.
Weinstein, who has long denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex, was arraigned Friday morning on rape and other charges involving two of the scores of women who have accused him. It was the first criminal case against Weinstein since the revelations about him erupted last October and sparked the cultural “reckoning” that became the “MeToo” movement.
“We got you, Harvey Weinstein, we got you,” McGowan tweeted Friday morning.