So regarding the Harvey Weinstein thing...
First things first. Anything below line may or may not be true. Prefix
every sentence with "Allegedly"
I know this girl who is a part-time model. She also does promotions for a
cigarette company at various events/clubs. If you were with on the night
of Di's farewell you may have met her at Arcade (she was sitting on the
table closest to ours inside the place). Anyway, one night while doing
promotions she met this extravagantly dressed American patron at some
club. He said he worked for some famous people/company or whatever, and he
invited her to some actor's party in LA. Leo di Caprio or Matt Damon or
someone. She took his number but didn't really think much of it. A week
or so later she gets a call from this guy's PA. Her ticket has been booked
and her invite was in the mail. Turns out the dude is legit and she finds
herself at some party in Hollywood. She meets random people and this dude
walks over to talk to her but she kinda shrugs him off. Apparently it was
Harvey Weinstein. She was talking to some American girl at the time and
this conversation ensued:
"OMG OMG like... like... do you EVEN know who that guy IS?"
"Nope"
"HARVEY WEINSTEIN!"
"Who's that!?"
"WTF? Are you evens exist? Google him!"
"I can't google him now. I don't have air time" <- This is how you know
it's a true story. Capetonian girls never have airtime.
Anyway, she finds out who he is, gets formally introduced by the guy who
invited her and then he offers her a job! And that's about where the story
gets strange... Now at this point I didn't know about any of this but she
did send me a message from Paris or London, saying that she's depressed
because none of her friends bothered to check up on her after she left the
country. So I inferred that she left the country for an extended
photoshoot or something, but then I ran into her on the night of Di's
farewell. So I was "??? You texted me two nights ago from a different
city" She didn't remember. Was obviously sky high on coke at the time.
Anyway then she tells me the whole Weinstein/Miramax story. And she shows
me his private number on her phone. I'm thinking "Why do you even have his
private number!?" But I don't say anything. A few nights later she tells
me the rest of the story. Turns out he flies her (and the other
"applicants") out to London every few weeks. The first time she landed
immigration gave her issues. She complained about this and apparently he
(Weinstein) told her "Don't say you're on business, say you're visiting
your boyfriend. If they ask who, say it's me, and they can call to
verify). Done. She never has issues at immigration again.
Now this is where things get fucked up...
If you're on the FGC Whatsapp group you may or may not recall me posting
about my friend who had her nudes leaked on the net. It was her. Freaky
texts and nudes. And I mean really explicit stuff. The person on the side
of the conversation was never identified, but it's clear he was a
foreigner. He was basically saying "Look I have a wife, but I'll fly you
here and there. So what are you willing to do?". Shit got really
graphic. She found out, her life was nearly destroyed. She got lawyers on
it and the site was shutdown, but she's not yet sure who leaked the
images. Miramax contacts her and says are deals are off - they don't need
the bad publicity. After things died down they contacted her again and
asked if she's still interested. She turned them down because they didn't
have her back during the time. Or whatever. I think she was just trying
to save face at that point (she denies the texts were real - I saw the
photos. It was her for sure).
Anyway, what does all this mean? Who knows. But if even half of what she
says is true (flying to London, how she was offered the job), then it's
likely something similar happened to other people. So the allegations of
sexual harassment don't really surprise me...
