Weinstein Attorney Responds to NY Suit: ‘He Will ‘Vigorously Defend Himself’

NEW YORK (NY)
The Wrap

February 11, 2018

By Rosemary Rossi

“Harvey Weinstein promoted more women to key executive positions than any other industry leader,” attorney Ben Brafman says

Harvey Weinstein’s attorney says that his client deserves credit for promoting “more women to key executive positions than any other industry leader.”

That statement from Ben Brafman was a response to a civil rights lawsuit filed by New York’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman.

“If the purpose of the inquiry is to encourage reform throughout the film industry, Mr. Weinstein will embrace the investigation,” Brafman writes. “If the purpose, however, is to scapegoat Mr. Weinstein, he will vigorously defend himself.”

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