(RETRACTION) Oliver Stone on Harvey Weinstein: I believe a man shouldn’t be condemned by a vigilante system- Variety /The question remains will Hollywood continue to support Woody Allen, Roman Polinsky and Casey Affleck
The Perspectives, developments of the “the white boys club” are constantly changing with the continued fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment, abuse and rape scandal. These retractions, changes, updates are happening so fast it’s almost like a set of dominos in a line tumbling down. I have attempted to include a cross section of the articles but with the numbers written daily this is impossible. I purposely did not talk about Bill Cosby and his associated scandal because it appears that Hollywood is not supporting his career.
Oliver Stone “HYPOCRITE” initially responded to a question about the Harvey Weinstein scandal at the Busan International Film Festival on Thursday, saying “it’s not easy” for the former Hollywood mogul.
“I’m a believer that you wait until this thing gets to trial,” the controversial U.S. film director said. “I believe a man shouldn’t be condemned by a vigilante system. It’s not easy what he’s going through either. He was a rival and I never did business with him. I’ve heard horror stories on everyone in the business. So, I’m not going to comment on that. I’ll wait and see, which is the right thing to do.”
http://variety.com/2017/politics/asia/oliver-stone-harvey-weinstein-1202588878/
{Will Flood of Weinstein Accusers Bring Sweeping Change to Hollywood?
On Thursday evening, in a case unrelated to Weinstein, the chief of Amazon Studios, Roy Price, was suspended after a female producer of an Amazon show, Isa Hackett, revealed verbally abusive comments he made to her, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Even the film director Oliver Stone seems to have changed his mind on the subject. After the initial article came out about Weinstein, Stone told the Hollywood Reporter that Weinstein shouldn’t be condemned by a “vigilante system,” and urged public opinion to wait for a trial.
“It’s not easy what he’s going through either,” Stone said, drawing widespread ridicule.
Model and actress Carrie Stevens told The New York Daily News Thursday that Stone had grabbed her breast at a party more than two days ago.
On the same day, Stone backtracked on his comments, saying he had finally seen the widespread allegations against Weinstein. He said he would drop out of a Showtime television project he was working on with the Weinstein Co.
“I’m appalled and commend the courage of the women who’ve stepped forward to report sexual abuse or rape,” Stone said
{Producers Guild Delays Meeting on Possible Expulsion of Harvey Weinstein
Citing the need for confidentiality, the Producers Guild of America has delayed its emergency board meeting to decide whether to expel disgraced ex-mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The meeting had been set to take place on Saturday but will now occur on Monday.}
**So Are People Going To Stop Working With Woody Allen & Roman Polanski Now?
Why does Hollywood keep defending Roman Polanski?
“As far as what I did: it’s over,” Polanski said.
“I pleaded guilty. I went to jail. I came back to the United States to do it, people forget about that, or don’t even know. I then was locked up here after this festival [in 2009]. So in the sum, I did about four or five times more than what was promised to me.”
On Wednesday, German actress Renate Langer, 61, publicly accused Polanski of raping her on two separate occasions in 1972, when she was 15.
–Roman Polanski Comments on Rape Case: “It’s Over”
The 84-year-old director spoke out about his decades-old sexual assault accusations in a rare press interview at the Zurich Film Festival, where he’s promoting his latest film, ‘Based on a True Story.’
In a rare press interview, Roman Polanski has addressed the decades-old sexual assault case that continues to dominate any discussion of the 84-year-old Oscar-winning director or his work.
Most of the facts of the case are undisputed. On March 11, 1977, Polanski, at the time the toast of Hollywood as the director of Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown, was arrested and charged with drugging and raping then-13-year-old Samantha Gailey (now Samantha Geimer). As part of a plea bargain, Polanski pled guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, underwent psychiatric evaluation and spent 42 days in jail.
But in 1978, when he heard that a judge was going to disregard the plea bargain and make an example of him, reportedly by giving him up to 50 years in prison, Polanski fled to Paris. He has remained a fugitive ever since, despite repeated attempts, including several pleas by the victim, to have the case dismissed. Last month, California judge Scott Gordon rejected Geimer’s latest request, saying the Polanski case would go forward.
“As you know, Samantha Geimer has been asking for over 30 years for this thing to end,” Polanski said. “But, I’m sorry the judges who dealt with it the last 40 years were corrupted, one covering for the other. So I don’t maybe one of them will [eventually] stop doing it.”
Roman Polanski Accused of Rape by Former German Actress
Langer is the latest woman to publicly accuse Polanski of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. In 2010, British actress Charlotte Lewis, who appeared in Polanski’s 1986 film “Pirates,” accused him of “forcing himself” on her in 1982 in Paris when she was 16.
Last month, a third woman who identified herself as Robin went public with her claim that Polanski sexually victimized her in 1973, when she was 16.
*Swiss prosecutors probe 1972 rape claim against Roman Polanski
GENEVA — A Swiss prosecutor’s office says it has jurisdiction in the complaint of a German woman alleging Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski raped her in an Alpine resort town when she was a teenager 45 years ago.
Woody Allen: “Harvey Weinstein Thing Is Very Sad for Everybody Involved”
Woody Allen has weighed in on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct scandal, saying it is “sad” for the victims as well as for the producer himself.
The famed director, whose own daughter has accused him of sexual abuse—a claim he denied, spoke to the BBC in an interview posted on Sunday.
“The whole Harvey Weinstein thing is very sad for everybody involved,” he said. “Tragic for the poor women that were involved, sad for Harvey that is life is so messed up.
“There’s no winners in that, it’s just very, very sad and tragic for those poor women that had to go through that,” he added.
Woody Allen Fears ‘Witch Hunt’ of Every Guy in Office Who Winks at a Woman
“The whole Harvey Weinstein thing is very sad for everybody involved,” said Allen, whose son Ronan Farrow reported claims from several women alleging Weinstein raped them. “Tragic for the poor women that were involved, sad for Harvey that his life is so messed up.”
“You also don’t want it to lead to a witch hunt atmosphere, a Salem atmosphere, where every guy in an office who winks at a woman is suddenly having to call a lawyer to defend himself,” Allen said. “That’s not right either.”
“There’s no winners in that, it’s just very, very sad and tragic for those poor women that had to go through that,” said Allen, who has faced allegations that he sexually molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow 25 years ago.
Allen has denied any wrongdoing. Connecticut authorities never charged the filmmaker with a crime.
Weinstein has been widely credited with reviving Allen’s career following the controversy with his daughter.
Casey Affleck’s Dark Secret: The Disturbing Allegations Against the Oscar Hopeful
Asked to comment on two sexual-harassment suits that were brought against him by women who worked on I’m Still Here, Affleck responds, “People say whatever they want. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you respond… I guess people think if you’re well-known, it’s perfectly fine to say anything you want. I don’t know why that is. But it shouldn’t be, because everybody has families and lives.” The Daily Beast reached out to Affleck’s representative for additional comment to no avail.
Casey Affleck’s Oscar Win Confirms Harassment Allegations Aren’t Disqualifying -From the Oscars to the White House, white men who treat women like crap can have it all.
