NY Attorney General Sues The Weinstein Company Over Civil Rights Violations in Sexual Assault Scandal

The lawsuit alleges “egregious violations” of civil rights at the company as it perches on the verge of a sale

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Harvey Weinstein and New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman

New York state filed a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company on Sunday, alleging multiple “egregious violations of New York’s civil rights, human rights, and business laws.”

The suit, filed today in New York County Supreme Court, includes new and extensive allegations about longtime company CEO Harvey Weinstein’s vicious and exploitative mistreatment of company employees,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement. “Today’s suit includes numerous employee-victim accounts of sexual harassment, intimidation, and other misconduct.”

The lawsuit names three defendants: The Weinstein Company, and Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the company’s cofounders. Earlier reports that CEO David Glasser would be named in the suit were shown to be inaccurate.

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