Harvey Weinstein fired from The Weinstein Company

MOVIE mogul Harvey Weinstein has been “terminated” from the company he co-founded amid the sexual harassment storm that has rocked Hollywood.

MOVIE mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sacked from the Weinstein Company amid the sexual harassment storm that has rocked Hollywood.

In a statement, the Weinstein Company announced that the accused harasser had been “terminated”, effective immediately.

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The Weinstein Company’s board of directors has voted to remove Weinstein from the studio, leaving control of the company in the hands of Weinstein’s brother, Bob Weinstein, and chief operating officer David Glasser, it was announced in a statement from the company on Sunday.

Harvey Weinstein with accuser Rose McGowan, who has slammed actresses who have kept their silence.

“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.”

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Weinstein has been rocked by a devastating New York Times report documenting decades of legal settlements stemming from sexual harassment allegations levelled by former employees and associates, as well as accusations of improper sexual advances from actor Ashley Judd.

Harvey Weinstein mingles with Taylor Swift, musician Este Haim, Jaime King and Lorde at a Golden Globes party.

The allegations extend back to Weinstein’s days running Miramax, an independent film studio that was then owned by the Walt Disney Co.

As the crisis worsened, Weinstein has lost key allies.

His lawyer Lisa Bloom resigned on Saturday, as did his adviser Lanny Davis, a former White House hand to Bill Clinton.

Nicole Kidman has copped flak for her silence over the scandal.

Harvey Weinstein with actress Keira Knightley at the Chateau Marmont.

One third of the all-male board quit on Friday, including billionaire investors Marc Lasry and Dirk Ziff, and technicolor executive Tim Sarnoff. Weinstein was said to be furiously resisting efforts to force him out permanently.

He has also struggled with forming a coherent response, veering from contrition to combativeness.

Harvey Weinstein’s wife, fashion designer Georgina Chapman, is standing by him.

An initial statement to the Times acknowledged past mistakes, while pledging to reform himself.

Shortly after, Weinstein’s lawyer Charles Harder said he was preparing to sue the paper, accusing it of making “false and defamatory statements”. Weinstein also said he was taking a leave of absence, only to continue appearing at work.

Weistein has been abandoned by key allies including lawyer Lisa Bloom.

The board later forced him to take an indefinite leave on Friday. Bob Weinstein and Glasser have been pushing for Weinstein to leave the company, believing he threatened the studio’s ability to continue to attract top talent and to release film and television shows.

Weinstein has maintained that he can weather the crisis and re-emerge. Weinstein has been a major force in independent film for decades, helping bring art house movies such as Cinema Paradiso and The Crying Game to mass audiences, and propelling the likes of Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love to commercial success and awards glory.

Seth Rogen and Rob Schneider are among the few Hollywood figures who have made comments so far.

I believe all the women coming forward about Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment. It takes bravery to do so.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) October 7, 2017

To those being silent in the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassments of women, how will you be looked at the next time you are "outraged?"

— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) October 7, 2017