I’ll stand by my man
HARVEY Weinstein’s British wife is standing by him despite sexual harassment allegations against him going back decades.
The Hollywood mogul said he had to “prove I’m worthy” to Georgina Chapman – and she will be “kicking my a**” to be a better person.
Weinstein, 65, said he has had “really tough conversations” with designer and actress Chapman, 41, over his behaviour.
He said: “I own my mistakes” – and that included frank talks with her and his five children, aged between four and 22. Weinstein added: “This is going to be a lonely journey but my wife and kids couldn’t be stronger and couldn’t be standing behind me more.”
The Oscar-winning founder of film company Miramax and The Weinstein Company
was accused in a bombshell New York Times report on Thursday of misconduct going back 30 years.
The newspaper said he had reached at least eight settlements with women – including one who said she was coerced into giving him a massage while he was naked.
Weinstein is said to have asked a young Ashley Judd to watch him shower and paid Rose McGowan $100,000 under a settlement for an incident shortly before her breakthrough role in Scream.
Weinstein said he has spent the last year taking counsel on gender power roles from Lisa Bloom, a US attorney who has represented sexual assault victims in cases like Bill Cosby’s trial.
His lawyers are preparing a defamation suit against the paper and Weinstein said their reporting was “sloppy” and “disingenuous”.