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Harvey Weinstein says he never traded sex for acting jobs.
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In a recently released article titled, The Spectator, the former industry exec discussed what made him use his power to sexually harass women. “I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere … no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood. Yes I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone. But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman.”
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Weinstein’s lawyer, Ben Brafmen, was also in attendance for the interview and claims Weinstein didn’t admit to offering roles in exchange for sex. “Harvey and Taki [the reporter] did not discuss the case, nor would I allow him to. They talked about old Hollywood and the contrast to European culture and I think Taki sees Harvey in that older light. Mr. Weinstein never said anything about trading movie roles for sexual favors. You have my word that Harvey did not say that.”
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Weinstein’s team claims Taki lied about the story, and has reached out to the journalist. Taki has since taken back his statements saying, “I believe that I may have misrepresented Harvey Weinstein’s conversation with me. It was my mistake.”
