Harvey Weinstein Sues Weinstein Co. in Chancery Court, Seeking to Eye Records
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Thursday sued The Weinstein Co. in the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking to access records in order to defend against civil and criminal allegations and to possibly mount a wrongful termination case against the company he founded with his brother in 2005.
October 27, 2017 at 12:49 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Delaware Business Court Insider
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Thursday sued The Weinstein Co. in the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking to access records in order to defend against civil and criminal allegations and to possibly mount a wrongful termination case against the company he founded with his brother in 2005.
Thursday's filing came just over a week after The Weinstein Co. board ousted Weinstein as co-chairman at the privately held motion picture firm, amid damning allegations that he had sexually harassed and assaulted women in the industry for decades.
Since then, an actress has sued The Weinstein Co. for $5 million in damages, claiming that the company's board had known about Weinstein's alleged misconduct. And New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened a probe into whether the allegations against Weinstein reflect broad gender discrimination and other civil rights violations at The Weinstein Co.
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