Harvey Weinstein is present serving the sixth 12 months of his 23-year sentence for 3 counts of rape – however has referred to as for his launch within the first main interview he’s given behind bars.
The disgraced TV and Movie mogul spawned a motion in 2017 when quite a few ladies got here ahead to accuse him of sexual abuse, creating the #MeToo Hollywood motion.
This noticed a number of courageous ladies first come ahead about Weinstein, with greater than 80 accusing him of sexual harassment or rape.
Weinstein has been pushing for his early launch from jail attributable to sick well being since early 2025, however has been unsuccessful in his requires a retrial.
Now, talking to The Hollywood Reporter, he has opened up in regards to the ‘hell’ he lives in on Rikers island in an interview positive to illicit little sympathy.
Weinstein mentioned that he’s in his cell 23 hours a day, solely receiving human contact with the guards who will take him outdoors for half an hour of recent air in his wheelchair and the nurses checking on his well being.
When requested why that’s the case Weinstein mentioned: “As a result of it’s Rikers Island and it’s hell.
“It was totally different after I was in state jail. I received up within the morning, I had breakfast, I noticed pals, I spoke to folks. All of us watched TV collectively.
“I’ve been begging to go to state, however the DA’s workplace says, ‘As a result of you have got a trial upcoming, you keep at Rikers. We need to control you. They stored a watch on me for 19 months now. I don’t know the place they suppose I’m going.”
He went on to say that his ‘superstar’ standing ‘forces him into isolation’. Weinstein claimed that it’s ‘harmful’ round different inmates for him, recounting how he had been punched within the face by one other inmate, saying that he’s ‘continuously threatened and derided’.
Despicably, Weinstein accused the scores of ladies who claimed he sexually assaulted them of mendacity, saying that they did it as a result of ‘cash was concerned’ and that ‘all anybody needed to do to stroll off with a examine was fill out a type that mentioned I sexually assaulted them’.
He went on so as to add: “Did I make a move at a few of these ladies unsuccessfully? Did I overplay my hand? Sure. Was I pushy or overly seductive? Sure to all of that… However did I ever sexually assault a lady? No. I by no means did that.”
His disgusting makes an attempt to smear victims continued as he hit out at excessive profile victims who spoke about their experiences with him.
He mentioned: “I’m simply going to say Rose McGowan, Rosanna Arquette, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie — they only exaggerated.
“They needed to be victims. They needed to be a part of the membership. They usually destroyed me.”
The manager additionally spoke about how he’s ‘scared sh*tless’ by the thought of dying in jail, saying: “It’s unimaginable to have the life that I had and the issues that I did for society and never have the leniency to cope with me in a kinder manner.
“No matter they suppose I did dangerous in my life, I didn’t get the demise penalty. I’m going to be 74 in March. I don’t need to die in right here.”
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