Ngo-2017, umlawuli uPeter Jackson waxelela ukuba u-Ashley walawula enye ye "Nkosi yemipu", kodwa iStudio Harvey Weintein yala ifilimu kunye ne-Studio Suble ngokutyholwa ngenxa ye "mpawu embi."
Kunyaka emva koko, uAshley watyholwa, we-weninstein ekuxhasweneni ngokwesini, kodwa ke inkundla yala ukuqaphela ibango lomdlali weqonga. UJudd wathi uHarvey wavunywa ukuba amnike indima, kuphela ukuba wayenelise iminqweno yakhe yesini. Ngoku iNkundla yeSibheno ihlaziye isigqibo seNkundla yeNkundla yoMgangatho ongaphantsi kokwala ibango lika-Ashley Joved WehinTein. Ibango liya kuqwalaselwa kwizinto ezintathu: malunga nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, ukukhutshwa kwegama lomdlali kunye nefuthe elibi kumsebenzi wakhe. UJudd uthi ukuba ukwala ukulima ngeenzame zakhe wawa "kuluhlu olumnyama" lweHollywood.
Kwangelo xesha, i-Weninstein yasentwasahlobo yagwetywa iminyaka engama-23 entolongweni - wamkelwa njengetyala lokudlwengula kwaye wahla ngesondo. Izityholo nxamnye neHarvey ivela kwinani le-ostoves, ezazihluka liye landa ngamaxhoba enkxwaleko yakhe. I-Weinstein iyakuphika izityholo zokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwaye zibonisa ukuba yonke into eyenzekileyo kwisivumelwano sodwa. Amaxhoba e-Weinstein aza kuhlawula imbuyekezo, esayiniwe kwinani lezigidi ezili-19.