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NY Attorney General Sues Weinstein Company over Sexual Harassment

HeadlineFeb 12, 2018

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company over years of sexual harassment. The lawsuit has threatened the company’s potential sale, which comes after more than 100 women accused Weinstein of rape, sexual assault and harassment, in cases that stretch back decades. Among the allegations in the New York lawsuit is that Weinstein sexually abused female workers and verbally threatened to kill employees and their entire families.

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