The growing scandal around the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has intensified. The american Actress Rose Mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape. She says she repeatedly told the boss of Amazon Studios who worked with weinstein that shed been raped. But hed done nothing about it. Meanwhile, former us president ial candidate Hillary Clinton told the bbc that the allegations are appalling and such behaviour shouldnt be tolerated in any walk of life. Mr weinstein denies the allegations. Harvey weinsteins star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest female names in the movie industry, whove accused him of harrassment and worse. Actress rose mcgowan has said she was raped by the Film Producer in the scandal affecting one of the worlds biggest companies, amazon. In a series of tweets to the companys chief executive, mcgowan said the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her
Is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. In a statement, amazon said . In new york today, one of americas big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering options for its stake in the Weinstein Company, whose headquarters is not far from wall street. On sunday, the company sacked its co founder. The weinstein name has long been a hallmark of quality in the Entertainment Industry but in the past week, it has been trashed. Creative partners are trying to pull out of projects with what is left of the Weinstein Company. It has been likened to a run on a bank. The oscar winning director oliver stone initially said that weinstein should not be judged prematurely. If he broke the law, it will come out, there will be a trial, and i believe a man should not be condemned by a vigilante system. But later in a post on facebook, he said, after looking at what has been reported in many publications over the past couple of days, im appalled and commend
Pictures, which hands out the oscars, is meeting to decide whether to expel Harvey Weinstein after a string of allegations against him. Weather forecasters warn that hurricane ophelia is approaching the uk and may bring heavy rain and gusts of up to 80mph. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for nearly five years in afghanistan along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and their baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week, after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the caliban. The caliban. He said his wife had given birth to four children, all in captivity, one of them, a baby girl, killed. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, it was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlin Coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, li
The growing scandal around the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has intensified. The american Actress Rose Mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape. She says she repeatedly told the boss of amazon studios, who worked with weinstein, what had happened but hed done nothing about it. Mr weinstein denies the allegations. On saturday, the organisers of the oscars will hold emergency talks amid speculation it could suspending Harvey Weinsteins membership. Nick bryant reports. Harvey weinsteins star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest female names in the movie industry who have accused him of harassment, and worse. Actress rose mcgowan has said she was raped by the Film Producer in the growing scandal now affecting one of the worlds biggest companies, amazon. In a series of tweets to the companys chief executive, mcgowan said . The amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her
Assault allegations. And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity one of whom he said, a baby girl, had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead, the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them