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    Harvey Weinstein to take leave of absence amid sexual harassment claims, threatens lawsuit over report

    by By Daniel Miller, David Ng, Ryan Faughnder and Meg James, Los Angeles Times Oct 05, 2017 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Harvey Weinstein, the pioneering independent film executive, will take a leave of absence from his namesake studio after a news report detailed decades of sexual harassment accusations against him.

    The article, published by The New York Times on Thursday, said that Weinstein has over the years reached at least eight legal settlements with women over alleged harassment.

    The allegations were levied by actresses including Ashley Judd as well as former employees of Weinstein Co. and the executive's previous company, Miramax.

    In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Weinstein, 65, reiterated some comments he made to the New York Times, apologizing for behavior "with colleagues in the past (that) has caused a lot of pain" and said he would take a leave to deal with his issues "head on."

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