Harvey Weinstein -- The Latest

The New York Times published a lengthy article detailing the decades of accusations by women that they were harassed by Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood.  Weinstein, of course, is one of the most important and influential men in Hollywood.  His first response came when his lawyer said he would be suing the Times.  Good luck with that.  Weinstein is a public figure, so he would need to prove actual malice by the Times to get any recovery, and given the sources who came forward for the article, there is no way such a claim of malice could survive.  Weinstein would need to show that the Times intentionally published a story that it knew to be false (or that it totally failed to check out the accuracy of what it was saying.)

So what happens now to Weinstein?  He's one of the biggest donors to Democrats in the USA.  Will the Dems all give back the contributions?  Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.  Will Hillary Clinton (a big recipient of Weinstein's cash) condemn him in public.  She could publish a new book called "It Take A Village ... To Satisfy Harvey".

Maybe president Obama will make a statement about his old friend Harvey.  Again, I seriously doubt that.  You see, sexual predators are big news only if they are Republicans.  Someone like Roman Polanski he raped a young girl and was forced to flee the country got a standing ovation at the last Oscars. 

Hopefully, Weinstein will get the full Anthony Weiner treatment.  If he did what the Times says he did, then he deserves to see his career end.