Harvey Weinstein makes apology to two actresses for trying to drag them down

Harvey Weinstein has apologized to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence. This is after his lawyers wanted a class action lawsuit dismissed for being too broad and using favorable quotes from the two actresses.

Weinstein’s spokeswoman said that Weinstein has directed his legal team not to use specific names of actors and former associates, in the future.

His attorneys cited Streep as having said previously that Weinstein was not inappropriate with her. Lawrence was cited as having told Oprah Winfrey that Weinstein was always nice to her.

The two actresses immediately made a response, making him have to apologize.

Read Weinstein’s full statement:

Mr. Weinstein has been informed that his civil counsel responded in court to a class action lawsuit which improperly sought to include all actresses who had previously worked with Mr. Weinstein, even where those actresses have made no claim of wrongdoing.

Even though Mr. Weinstein has worked with hundreds of actresses and actors who had only professional and mutually respectful experiences with him, Mr. Weinstein has directed in the future that no specific names be used by his counsel, even where those actors have made previous public statements about him.

Mr. Weinstein acknowledges the valuable input both Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence have contributed to this conversation and apologises. Once again, moving forward, Mr. Weinstein has advised his counsel to not include specific names of former associates; and to avoid whenever possible, even if they are in the public record.