Friday
May252018
Weinstein in Handcuffs
Friday, May 25, 2018 at 12:20PM 
Sadly this is not the end of the story so we can't say "good riddance" just yet. He's pled not guilty (sure, Jan) and the court date is set for July.
Friday, May 25, 2018 at 12:20PM
Reader Comments (11)
The look on the female officer's face is priceless, like she wants to beat the living shit out of him :)
Dude, the amount of charges against you is A MOUNTAIN. And your plan is to try to get off? Not a great plan.
@jodikantor:
“One phone call and you’re done.”
“I have eyes and ears everywhere.”
“I’m Harvey Weinstein, you know what I can do.”
Not anymore.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-arrest-new-york.html
I hope the justice system gets it right this time so he can to.... POUND-ME-IN-THE-ASS-PRISON.... 4 LIFE! *cackles*
I think we can all condemn Weinstein without sinking to the level of prison rape jokes. They're tasteless, part of the culture the Me Too movement is fighting against, and, more often than not. grossly homophobic.
David: I get the sentiment of "prison rape jokes are extremely tasteless", but I'm also not sure the Office Space joke even IS a prison rape joke. I'd lean on the "Prison Guard Physical Abuse Joke" interpretation of that ambiguous wording, honestly. Still a bit tasteless, but way less so.
This is good news but it really called my atention whe I read he's being investigated for some sexual assults he might have committed against actresses Lucia Evans and Paz de la Huerta only. Were they the only women to file a law suit against Weinstein? So where's Rose Mcgowen'? I understand #MeToo was important because it made people aware of sexism in Hollywood, but my guess is that instead of encouraging women to report harrastment or sexual abuse to the authorities it made women think they can get justice just by ruining the man's social life and carreer by adding his name to a black list. That ain't justice, that is bulling. Sexism has to stop, but are we on the rigth path?
@Jorge
The problem is that the legal justice system has proven corruptible and completely inept at dispensing actual justice. This is why the metoo movement favours striking back via media rather than legal proceedings. And until the legal system actually starts protecting victims, it's hard to argue that accusers should stick purely to legal rather than media channels.
That said, I agree there have been disturbing incidences of individuals exploiting the metoo movement, and the media has been just as disturbingly complicit in those. It is now setting a dangerous precedent. What's happening to Woody Allen at the moment is unconscionable. Just this week - it was appalling how Moses Farrow's very credible and measured testimony was all but buried by the MSM purely because it didn't fit the neatly sellable narrative they've tried to create out of what will inevitably be a messy (even if overall very necessary) cultural transition.
Not gonna lie, this picture is arousing. Seriously, FUCK this guy.
Thank you @David.
Rose McGowan really went in on all of this in her Megan Kelly interview. The fact that this all happened on a slow news day Friday and the DA being reluctantly shamed into filing charges only after 100 women came forward (which probably means like 900 more didn't/haven't'/wouldn't) means that Harvey still has friends in high places. It's certainly not "over" yet, but yes, sooner or later, he's going to jail for a long time. It would be karmic justice to hope that he gets constantly male raped in prison, but I'm not gonna go there. It has to be enough that he's going to rot in prison until he dies.