The victims who presented the most serious allegations against the producer could receive a higher economic compensation in the mid-million dollars.
A lawsuit filed by a Delaware Bankruptcy Court (EE.UU.) approves The Weinstein Co’s liquidation plan, which foresees a payment of $ 17 million to women who will file claims against the company’s co-founder producer, Harvey Weinstein, for inappropriate sexual conduct, informs Reuters.
According to the law that led to the case, Mary Walrath, 83% of the women’s plaintiffs accepted an economic agreement and expressed their intention not to get involved in another litigation. Assimilation, those who want to continue with the request tend to the possibility of recourse to the mayor on his part and continue with his complaints against Weinstein and some directives of the company.
As a result, the compensation fund for the victims will be divided by more than 50 claimants. Those who have presented the most serious allegations may receive superior compensation to the 500,000 dollars.
For his part, Ruby Liu, advocate of the prosecution, signaled that the fund’s fund is “exempt”, and that it would be private to its clients to pursue other company directors in the courts. “My customers can do more than monetary considerations […] a court may determine that all liable parties must return accounts. Not only Harvey Weinstein’s “, comment.
- In 2017 a periodical research revealed that between 1990 and 2017 Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment and physical contacts without consent for various women. In both cases, the producer made extrajudicial agreements with his victim statements, including the fact that state actress Rose McGowan, who forms part of the cast of the ‘Charmed’ television series.
- In 2018, the producer company Weinstein Co’s statement in which it is possible to experiment with series of financial difficulties through the series of sexual scandals that will drive the film producer.
- In the same year, the fiscal general of New York State filed a lawsuit against Weinstein Co for “flagrant violations” of New York law legislation on civil, human, and business law.
- Currently, Harvey is conducting an affair of 23 years of imprisonment while being declared guilty of sexually assaulting an existing production and violating an actress.