How does a monster like Weinstein get away with this kind of abuse for more than 20 years?

I know it seems like a case of another day, another round of Harvey allegations, but the details from a suit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last week are next level.

The civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Harvey, his brother Bob, and their empire, The Weinstein Company, and it’s not messing around.

Some of the details via the Daily Beast:

…Weinstein “regularly berated women using gender-based obscenities”—calling female employees “c–t” or “pussy” instead of using their first names when he was angry. In addition to the sexual harassment, bullying, and allegations of sexual assault, Weinstein allegedly threatened the lives of his employees, saying “I will kill your family,” and, “You don’t know what I can do.”

Weinstein often bragged about his connection to political figures and said he had “contacts within the Secret Service that could take care of problems,” the lawsuit alleges.

The suit also alleges that the company was well aware of Harvey’s practices, with numerous complaints being filed with the Human Resources department These include sacking one male employee and calling him “a stupid fucking f—-t boy”, and telling a female employee he would “cut [her] loins”.

Oh, and then there’s the sex stuff. First up, his team of “wing women”.

The company employed one group of female employees whose primary job it was to go with Weinstein to events and “facilitate” his “sexual conquests,” the lawsuit states. Those women were kept on the payroll in various cities, including London, Los Angeles, and New York. Witnesses claimed they were called Weinstein’s “wing women.”

The second group was made up of women who “were compelled to take various steps to further [Weinstein]’s regular sexual activity, including by contacting ‘Friends of Harvey’ and other prospective sexual partners via text message or phone or at his direction and maintaining space on his calendar for sexual activity.”

Members of this group at various times allegedly had to handle Weinstein’s erectile-dysfunction shots—and even administer the injections. Others had to prepare rooms in his office for sexual activity—and clean up after it was over.

The third, predominantly female group of employees responsible for such demeaning work, according to the lawsuit, had to facilitate Weinstein’s sexual activity by meeting with prospective sexual conquests and then following through on the employment opportunities promised by Weinstein afterward.

We know from the account of his former personal assistant that cleaning up semen off the couch was just another day at the office, but how about a fleet of drivers with erection injections on hand:

Weinstein’s drivers, in Los Angeles and New York City, were all said to be required to keep condoms and erectile-dysfunction injections in their cars at all times.

They say Harvey’s behaviour was one of Hollywood’s open secrets, but the scope of just how many people knew, and the disgusting details that included, beggars belief.

Haters can say whatever they want about the #MeToo movement, but as long as it’s outing pigs like Harvey – sheltered by so many people for so long – then long may it continue.

[source:dailybeast]