6 Women sue Weinstein and his former businesses in proposed class-action

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A lawsuit that could potentially turn into a class-action suit was filed Wednesday against Harvey "Check This Out" Weinstein, Miramax, the Weinstein Company and members of its board.

The suit claims that these entities worked to "perpetuate and conceal Weinstein's widespread sexual harassment and assault," and this is a cover-up that amounts to civil racketeering.

"We are but six women representing hundreds," who have been harassed or assaulted by Mr. Weinstein, the joint statement said.

The suit also names several current and former board members, including Harvey's brother, Bob Weinstein, who heads The Weinstein Company; James Dolan, owner of the NY Knicks, Marc Lasry, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks; Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge fund manager; and Lance Maerov, a WPP executive. But there are more to follow.

"Harvey Weinstein is a predator," the statement says. "Bob knew it. The board knew it. The lawyers knew it. The private investigators knew it."

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers Ben Brafman and Blair Berk (of the firm Two BBs) declined to comment on the suit.

Weinstein denies he sexually assaulted women but admits his behavior caused a lot of pain, especially for him.

To cover rich butt, a Miramax spokeswoman said the company "joins the entire film community in condemning Harvey Weinstein and his unspeakable actions." She then went on to say that Miramax has been "completely independent" of Mr. Weinstein and his brother Bob since they founded the Weinstein Company in 2005.

Like a predictable Western, a spokeswoman for Mr. Dola, who was on the board from mid-2015 to mid-2016 said: "Mr. Dolan is confident that he acted appropriately in all matters relating to his time on the Weinstein board."

I know a lot of people were aware of Weinstein's behavior, but I can't imagine everyone knew what a scum-wafer he is.

Mr. Jones said in a note: "I never knew about those discussions or any of the revelations until they began to surface publicly, and I resigned two days later."

And yet, there are those who definitely did know what Weinstein was doing with that open bathrobe in the hotel room. Those people need to be held accountable. 

Since the story first broke, dozens of women, including Angelina Jolie, Cara Delevingne, Ashley Judd, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Huma Abedin and Michael Moore (who, he claims, Weinstein mistook him for a 75-year-old Communist granny) have come forward, accusing the corpulent rich guy of harassment, assault or worse, accusing them of looking like a 75-year-old Communist granny.

A spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein, who had never been assaulted or sexually mistreated by the mogul in any way, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.

Weinstein said that he wants to "find" himself and recently discovered that his "self" was hiding under that bathrobe all the while.

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