A group of Weinstein Company employees have issued a statement condemning their former boss Harvey Weinstein and requesting to be released from their NDAs so that they can “speak openly.” In the statement issued to The New Yorker, the staff members insist they were unaware of Weinstein’s alleged assaults but claim responsibility for being “part of the problem.” The statement begins: We came to work at this company because we love movies. We grew up watching Miramax films, and came to associate that name, and later the name Weinstein, with great storytelling. Some of us have been here for years, others for just for a few months. Some have been here since their first college internship, others joined the team after a rigorous application process. All of us were excited to get the job, proud to be working for a company with such an illustrious history. The statement goes on to acknowledge that staff members recognized Weinstein as a known blowhard and womanizer: We all knew that we were working for a man with an infamous temper. We did not know we were working for a serial sexual predator. We knew that our boss could be manipulative. We did not… Read full this story
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