Hollywood mogul fired after harassment claims
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was fired from his film studio the Weinstein Company on Sunday following reports that he sexually harassed women over several decades, according to US media.
"In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company - Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar - have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective immediately," the company's board said in a statement quoted by US media.
The firing came after The New York Times published a bombshell report earlier this week that alleged Weinstein, whose company produced such hits as The King's Speech and Django Unchained, preyed on young women hoping to break into the film industry.
