Candace Owens talks to Harvey Weinstein over Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan
In a new interview with conservative political commentator Candace Owens, disgraced film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein maintained his innocence from prison.
'I hurt my family. I hurt my friends. I cheated on my wife. And that was a mistake, you know, a terrible mistake,' Weinstein said in the sit-down interview. 'But I did not commit these crimes. I swear that before God, and the people watching now, and on my family.'
Since 2017, more than 80 women have come forward with allegations against Weinstein, accusing him of sexual harassment, assault and rape.
Weinstein was found guilty in 2020 of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third degree rape, and he was found guilty in 2022 of rape. He was sentenced to a total of 39 years imprisonment over the two court cases.
Last year, the 2020 conviction was overturned due to the trial judge allowing testimony based on accusations that were not part of the case.
The overturning was criticised by complainants, lawyers and activists. A retrial is currently playing out in a Manhattan court.
In a trailer released of the Owens interview, Weinstein - who is filmed behind prison glass holding a phone to his ear - said, 'The people who support me are scared to talk. They are frightened to death that they're going to be cancelled.'
One of the people the convicted sex offender took aim at was actor Gwyneth Paltrow, who accused him of sexually harassing her when she was 22.
'It's a complete fabrication about my relationship with Gwyneth. I didn't put my hands on her. I didn't touch her,' Weinstein said.
'I definitely made a pass,' he admitted.
Variety reported that Weinstein also said, '[Paltrow] thought the relationship was abusive. Anybody who was there, who witnessed that relationship with [Paltrow], it just turned into total friends.
'There's pictures of her hugging me when I was sick and in the hospital and didn't think I was gonna make it in 1999. Gwyneth, at the Golden Globes, said, 'Bomber, we miss you.' She got up and made a speech about me. Nobody asked her to do that. In her Academy speech, she thanks me.'
Weinstein also took aim at actor Ashley Judd, who was one of the first actors to come forward with sexual harassment and assault claims against Weinstein.
'Ashley Judd's claims are ridiculous,' he said in the trailer.
Of actor Rose McGowen, another prominent accuser who said that Weinstein raped her in 1997, the disgraced producer said, 'I settled with Rose McGowan. I gave her $100,000, don't tell my wife, don't get me into trouble. It's all conflated, and it's all led to the idea that I'm going to be the one they persecute. They broke me. They broke me in half.'
At the time, Weinstein was married to fashion designer Georgina Chapman. She is now dating actor Adrien Brody - you may remember her as the person Brody threw his chewing gum to when he picked up his Oscar for The Brutalist earlier this year.
Weinstein also said he had asked for lie detector tests to be brought into the prison. 'I know they're not admissible but I want the world to know.'
At the end of the trailer, the 73-year-old said, 'Candace, one thing I can tell you is that this is going to explode.'
The full interview is available through Owens' paid subscription service.
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