UHarvey WinesStein, wagwetshwa iminyaka engu-23 ejele ngenxa yokudlwengulwa nokuphoqelelwa ukuya ocansini, kwakhalazele isigwebo futhi wafuna inkantolo entsha ecaleni lakhe. Esikhaleni, ukuvikelwa komkhiqizi waseHollywood kubonile ukuthi icala kufanele lenzeke ngokuzibandakanya komunye umahluleli, ngoba iJaji uJames Berk ayinakanga amalungelo amukelwe ngokuvamile oWeinstein.
Ummeli womkhiqizi u-Igal waveza ukuthi kuyo yonke le nqubo, enye yejaji yabhala incwadi ekhuluma ngowesilisa osekhulile. Lapho le ncwadi ishicilelwe, bekunokufana okuningi nendaba ka-Akinat. Umvikeli wathi umbhali wacaca kahle isimo sengqondo sokubandlulula kuMkhiqizi, futhi bekufanele ngabe akufakwanga ukuhlanganiswa kwejaji.
Njengamanje, uWeinstein utholakala esikhungweni sezimilo eWende enyakatho yeNew York. Uyaqhubeka nokumemezela ubumsulwa bakhe, aphawula ukuthi ukudluliswa kwezikhalazo kuzokunqoba ukuKhanya, futhi unethemba lokuthi amaphutha amakhulu asesimweni esibhekene nalo.
Khumbula, ngo-2017, iphephandaba laseMelika iNew York Times lashicilela impahla lapho umkhiqizi asolwa khona ngokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi okuningi. Ngokuya kwencwadi, uWeinstein wehle ngobudlelwano obuseduze babalingisi abancane nabanye abasebenzi benkampani yakhe, bethembisa ukuKholwa kwabasebenzi ngakho.
Ekuqaleni, leli cala elibhekene noWeinstein lalisuselwa kuphela ezigamekweni zokuzibandakanya kwabesifazane ababili: UMimi Hayley, osolakala ngokumelene naye ngentando yakhe eManhattan ngo-2006, noJessica Mann, owathi umkhiqizi wamdlwengula egumbini lamahhotela kuManhattan ngonyaka ka-2013.
Kodwa-ke, abesifazane abangaphezu kwe-80 batshelwa ngokuhlukunyezwa kwe-Weinstein, phakathi kwazo iHollywood Actrestes Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, USalma Hayek nabanye abaningi.