Harvey Weinstein apologizes for using Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence as legal shields

Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein indirectly apologized to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence for using their names and their words in an attempt to stop a class action lawsuit against himself after he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by dozens upon dozens of women in Hollywood.

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Weinstein's representatives told Deadline Thursday that the ex-head of The Weinstein Company apologized to Streep and Lawrence after both actresses publicly called him out for using their quotes in court. Both actresses had previously stated that they were not sexually assaulted by Weinstein, which Weinstein's legal team tried to use as grounds to get the lawsuit thrown out.  Read more...

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