Nearly 40 Women Reach Court Settlement in Harvey Weinstein Sexual Misconduct Case

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Shortly after the new year, almost 40 women with sexual misconduct claims against convicted felon Harvey Weinstein agreed to jointly settle their claims for almost $17 million, in tandem with his bankruptcy proceedings. The judge handling the bankruptcy has now agreed to that deal, per the Hollywood Reporter, effectively moving forward what has been a years-long struggle for the victims of the former film producer, finally. \n

As the outlet reports, that “settlement fund” will include $17 million to be divided through a claims examiner, using what the court describes as a “point system,” where each claim will be assigned a set amount of points, and the assets divided accordingly.

of the total amount, with the rest being routed to insurance companies, per the bankruptcy agreement.he Weinstein Company and its board members. The outlet also describes “sharp criticism” from certain factions within the group of accusers, who see the stipulations in the settlement as effectively muzzles victims who were raped by Weinstein. Of course, t

he Weinstein Company’s attorney Paul Zumbro said in a statement that taking the money avoids “messy, uncertain, public, painful litigation” for the accusers, as if the can isn’t already wide open.In a statement agreeing with the majority who voted to take the settlement, and statements by t“I will not get into an analysis of whether one victim’s claim has more validity or more value than another’s.

 

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