On Thursday, Rose McGowan confirmed Harvey Weinstein is the Hollywood studio executive she says raped her. This is the first time McGowan has identified her assailant by name.
The revelation first came in a series of tweets McGowan posted Thursday afternoon directed at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just hours after her account was reactivated after a brief suspension imposed by the social media platform which lead to outrage from fans and supporters. The tweets stated,
“1) @jeffbezos I told the head of your studio that HW raped me. Over & over I said it. He said it hadn’t been proven. I said I was the proof.”
The actress confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter those initials belong to Weinstein.
In response to the allegations, Weinstein’s spokesperson Sallie Hofmeister told THR:
“Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.”
The New York Times was the first to report that McGowan had reached a settlement with Weinstein following an encounter in 1997 at a hotel room during the Sundance Film Festival. McGowan has previously revealed that she was a survivor of rape and that her assault was perpetrated by a powerful studio boss. This just adds to the storm of news regarding Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company.
