I-Harvey Winestein, igwetyiwe iminyaka engama-23 entolongweni ngenxa yokudlwengulwa kunye nokunyanzelwa kwesondo, kubhenelwe kwisivakalisi kwaye ifuna inkundla entsha kwimeko yakhe. Kwisibheno, ukukhuselwa komvelisi we-Hollywood uqaphele ukuba ityala lifanele lenziwe ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwenye ijaji, kuba ijaji Jamerk Berk ityeshele imithetho eyamkelekileyo yomthetho we-Weinstein.
Igqwetha lomlimi uArthur Dial lathiwa le nkqubo, elinye le-jury labhala incwadi malunga nabantu abadala abakhulileyo. Xa incwadi yapapashwa, bekukho izinto ezifanayo neyakwimeko ye-akinat. Umkhuseli wathi umbhali waba nesimo sengqondo esicacileyo ngomvelisi, kwaye kufanele ukuba ikhutshelwe ngaphandle kwejaji yejaji.
Okwangoku, i-Weinstein ikwiziko loluleko, lide liye kumantla eNew York. Uyaqhubeka nokuvakalisa ukungabi natyala kuye, amanqaku ukuba isibheno siya koyisa ukukhanya kuyo, kwaye unethemba lokuba iziphoso ezinzulu zesingabi ziya kukhutshelwa.
Khumbula, ngo-2017, iphephandaba laseMelika iNew York Times ipapasha umbandela lowo watyholwa ngokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo. Ngokutsho kopapasho, i-Weinstein inqabile kubudlelwane obunzulu bamagosa aselula abasebenzisi kunye nabanye abasebenzi benkampani yakhe, bathembisa inkqubela phambili kuyo.
Ekuqaleni, ityala le-Weinstein lalisekwe kuphela kwiziganeko zokuthatha inxaxheba kwabasetyhini ababini: UMimi Hayley, othe waqubuda kuye kwi-Manahattan ngo-2006, owayengathi umvelisi wadlula Kwigumbi lehotele kwi-manhattan ngo-2013.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaphezulu kwama-80 abasetyhini baxelelwa malunga nokuhlukunyezwa kwe-Weinstein, phakathi kweHollywood i-Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, i-GWYNE PALTRORE, SALMA HAYK kunye nabanye abaninzi.