Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein opened up to Greek journalist Panagiotis “Taki” Theodoracopulos in a “world exclusive,” detailing how offering sex for movies is and always been common in Hollywood.
From Breitbart:
“You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome,” Weinstein was quoted saying to Theodoracopulos, who said the embattled producer’s attorney, Ben Brafman, was also present during the interview. ” I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere. You got lotsa girls, no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood.”
“Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone,” Harvey Weinstein said, adding, “But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman.”
The interview was published just days after the former Weinstein & Co. boss pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault.
“Mr. Weinstein maintains that all of these allegations are false and he expects to be fully vindicated,” Brafman said in a statement last week.
His sit down with Taki was, however, the first on-the-record interview since the New York Times published its bombshell report last October detailing decades of allegations of sexual abuse, harassment, and rape against Weinstein.
The 66-year-old, now charged with predatory sexual assault, is facing life in prison if convicted.
