Harvey Weinstein
American film producer Harvey Weinstein was the basis upon which the #MeToo movement started in 2017 after a report by the New York Times and The New Yorker claimed that dozens of women had accused him of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse over at least 30 years.
Over 80 women have come out afterwards to accuse him of the acts which he denied. He was fired from his company, The Weinstein Company, and criminal complaints were filed by at least six women against him which resulted in his arrest in New York in 2018 and a subsequent rape charge and other offences. He was released on bail pending investigations.
He is also being investigated in the United Kingdom and other countries for the same allegations. Weinstein is walking free.
