http://ift.tt/2i933sh The life and career of Harvey Weinstein’s younger brother, who reportedly helped oust him and called him a ‘very sick man’
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On Tuesday night, Bob Weinstein made his first public statement after allegations of sexual harassment and assault by his brother, movie producer Harvey Weinstein, surfaced in stories from The New York Times and The New Yorker last week.
"My brother Harvey is obviously a very sick man," Bob told TMZ. "I’ve urged him to seek immediate professional help because he is in dire need of it. His remorse and apologies to the victims of his abuse are hollow."
Harvey was fired from The Weinstein Company by its board, which includes Bob, who is a cofounder, on October 8. Two days before, however, Page Six reported that tension had been rising between the siblings, referring to them as the "Cain and Abel" of Hollywood.
"Bob’s wanted Harvey out for years," a former staffer told Page Six. Bob Weinstein has denied these allegations.
Together, the brothers owned 42% of the company, and while it has not yet been determined what will happen to Harvey’s share, Bob is now currently the head of the company.
TMZ reported that Harvey believes it was his younger brother who fed information to The New York Times, and it was reported today that The Weinstein Company had known of Harvey’s payoffs to women since 2015.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein are from New York City, and as Bob wrote in a Vanity Fair article in 2003, the two "grew up in a small two-bedroom apartment in a lower-middle-class housing development called Elechester." In that same article, Bob referred to himself as the "quiet brother."
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Source: Vanity Fair
Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded Miramax in 1979 and sold it to Disney for around $70 million in 1997. The name was a nod to their parents, Miriam and Max.
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Source: New York magazine
In 2005, the brothers left the company and began The Weinstein Company with a $1 billion investment from Goldman Sachs.
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Source: Forbes
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See Also:
- What 33 Hollywood stars have said about the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment and assault allegations
- Bob Weinstein calls his brother Harvey ‘a very sick man’ and a ‘world class liar’
- Rose McGowan is calling for people to sign a petition to dissolve The Weinstein Company’s board
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October 12, 2017 at 04:42PM