Hollywood is no longer afraid of Harvey Weinstein. Bloomberg via Getty Images Michael Eisner, then CEO of the Walt Disney Company, talks with Harvey Weinstein back in 2004. Harvey and his brother, Bob Weinstein, were on the Disney payroll starting on June 30, 1993 when Disney purchased Miramax, a film and television production company founded by the Weinstein brothers, who remained the subsidiary heads until September 30, 2005. And then there's Harvey Weinstein, the man accused by more than 100 women of sexual misconduct. When the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke last month, Disney denied any knowledge of misconduct or settlements with victims during Weinstein’s run at Miramax from 1993 to 2005. The disgraced former Miramax film executive was accused of raping four more women, including a then 17-year-old, in a new lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Thursday, with Disney cited as a co-defendant in the case. Harvey Weinstein And Disney Hit With New Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Assault On Teenager. Dominic Patten. In a new complaint she names Disney, its … Alongside Harvey Weinstein, his brother Bob, Miramax, and Disney are also named in the lawsuit. Harvey Weinstein and Walt Disney Company bosses have pledged to defend themselves vigorously against a new underage rape lawsuit.

By Dominic Patten. Harvey Weinstein (/ ˈ w aɪ n s t iː n /; born March 19, 1952) is an American convicted sex … Then-Disney … On Wednesday, Disney lost a bid in Ontario to seal a series of employment agreements in the 1990s with Harvey Weinstein. UPDATE, 10:58 AM: A new lawsuit from four woman claiming Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them over the decades, including the alleged rape of a 17-year old in 1994, could turn into a long legal… Paz de la Huerta, who filed a sexual assault suit against Harvey Weinstein last November, has expanded the list of defendants in her lawsuit. A Canadian court is standing up for the principle of openness.