Harvey Weinstein was fired from his own company.
On Sunday it became known that the film studio The Weinstein Company decided to fire its president and co-founder for the s-xu@l harassment in which he is involved.
The once-powerful Hollywood film producer is facing multiple accusations from women accusing him of misconduct for nearly 30 years.
To this were added the accusations of three actresses -Asia Argento, Mira Sorvino, and Rosanna Arquette- who accused Weinstein of forcing them to have s-x without her consent, according to a report by The magazine.
The report also notes that other Weinstein collaborators, both past and current, "witnessed or had knowledge of the unwanted S- advances and touching" the producer allegedly committed.
However, this Tuesday a spokeswoman for the filmmaker, Sallie Hofmeister, disqualified the remarks made in The New Yorker: "Any accusation of non-consensual S- is unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."
Hofmeister said there were never any acts of retaliation against women for refusing his advances.
"Mr. Weinstein obviously cannot speak to the anonymous tips, but concerning any women who have made formal allegations, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual," the spokeswoman said.
The producer's firing announcement was made over the weekend by Robert Weinstein (his brother), Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg, and Tarak Ben Ammar.
Company officials said that "in light of new information about misconduct" they determined to exclude Weinstein "immediately."
First reactions from Hollywood
The dismissal announcement was followed by statements from several Hollywood stars, which had not been heard of until now.
Award-winning actress Meryl Streep told The Huffington Post that she is "appalled by the shameful news" and praised the "fearless women who spoke up to expose this abuse."
Streep called them heroes.
Streep's statements come after criticism of the silence of Hollywood figures after the allegations against Weinstein became known.
The actress wanted to make it clear that not everyone knew about the subject, she included.
The triple Oscar winner worked with Weinstein on films including "Woman of Steel" and August: Osage County and in 2012 she joked that Weinstein was "god."
"Harvey was very supportive of the job, he was infuriating but respectful to me and many others in our working relationship," Streep said when speaking about the allegations.
"He knew nothing of his financial arrangements with actresses and colleagues. He did not know that he had encountered in his hotel room or bathroom, nor was he aware of other acts of coercion.
"And if everyone knew about it, I don't think every investigative journalist in the world of entertainment and news would have shunned, for decades, from writing about it.
"Behavior is inexcusable, but abuse of power is a familiar thing. Every brave voice that is heard and heard and credited by our vigilante media will ultimately be a game changer.
British Judi Dench issued a statement in which she claims she was completely unaware of the "horrific allegations."
Dench also praised the women who have spoken.
"I stand in solidarity with those who have suffered from this and wholeheartedly support those who have spoken," she wrote.
Emma Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, and Seth Rogen are other actors who have expressed similar sentiments.
"To be clear, what Harvey Weinstein did was a horrible and disgusting abuse of power. I hope we are seeing the beginning of the end of these abuses," Ruffalo wrote on Twitter.
Harvey Weinstein's Bad Hour
The co-founder of the Miramax and Weinstein Company, studios with a lot of weight in Hollywood, went on to produce Oscar-winning films such as Shakespeare in Love ("Passionate Shakespeare", 1998), The King's Speech ("The King's Speech", 2010) and The Artist ("The Artist", 2011).
After learning about the investigation published by The New York Times, Weinstein publicly apologized.
"The way I have behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for that," the producer said.
The producer has begun to receive advice to improve his behavior, according to the spokeswoman.
"Mr. Weinstein hopes that if he makes enough progress, he will be given a second chance," spokeswoman Hofmeister said.
On Friday, The Weinstein Company announced that its founder was taking an indefinite leave of absence.
However, he later rejected the report and announced legal measures in this regard.
Lisa Bloom, the producer's attorney, claimed that many of the accusations made against her client are false.
"She has recognized the mistakes that she has made," Bloom noted.
"She's reading books and going to therapy, she's an old dinosaur learning new ways," she concluded.
