Harvey Weinstein To NYT
You Cherry-Picked Data To Match Your Narrative …
In opposition to Me and Baldoni!!!
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Harvey Weinstein is backing Justin Baldoni in his authorized battle with Blake Vigorous … and blasting the New York Occasions for allegedly doing the identical factor to him that the paper of document did to Baldoni.
The jailed Hollywood producer issued a scathing assertion to TMZ concerning the NYT’s function within the bitter authorized combat between Justin and Blake over their 2024 film, “It Ends with Us.”
As you understand, Blake and Justin starred within the movie and Justin directed it, however it ended with each submitting lawsuits in opposition to one another — Blake accused Justin of sexual harassment and smearing her identify … Justin accused Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of waging their very own smear marketing campaign to destroy his status.
In his $400-million swimsuit, Baldoni additionally claimed the NYT “cherry-picked” particulars and altered key communications to “deliberately” mislead readers.
And that is precisely what Weinstein says the NYT did to him when their journalists reported on allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault from quite a few accusers who got here ahead in the course of the 2017 #MeToo motion.
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Price noting … Weinstein had nothing to do with the manufacturing of “It Ends with Us.”
In his assertion to TMZ, Weinstein unloads on the NYT, telling us, “Watching Justin Baldoni take authorized motion in opposition to The New York Occasions and its reporters — accusing them of manipulating communications and ignoring proof that countered Ms. Vigorous’s claims — hit me onerous.”
Weinstein continues, “It brought back everything I experienced when The Times reported on me in 2017. They did the same thing: cherry-picked what fit their story and ignored critical context and facts that could have challenged the narrative.”
Weinstein went on … “I ought to have stood up and fought again then. I ought to have had the braveness to talk out in opposition to the best way the reality was twisted. That failure nonetheless haunts me. I’ll be watching this case intently — it issues to anybody who’s ever been on the receiving finish of a media takedown, and much more to somebody who’s needed to pay a excessive authorized worth.”
As you understand, Weinstein was convicted in L.A. and NYC for rape and different intercourse offenses. Curiously, Megan Twohey is among the bylines on the NYT’s authentic Baldoni-Vigorous article — and she or he reported extensively about Weinstein’s intercourse crimes.
Weinstein is at present being held on Rikers Island awaiting retrial on his NYC conviction after he gained his enchantment, however the Manhattan D.A. refiled the case.
We have reached out to the New York Occasions’ director of communications, in addition to Megan Twohey herself … to this point, no phrase again.
