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Los Angeles, Oct 24 (PTI) In fresh trouble for disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a civil rights investigation into The Weinstein Company.
Weinstein was fired from the company, which he co-founded with his brother Bob, after the New York Times and The New Yorker exposed his alleged sexual misconduct.
“No New Yorker should be forced to walk into a workplace ruled by sexual intimidation, harassment or fear,” Variety reported quoting Schneiderman’s statement.
“If sexual harassment or discrimination is pervasive at a company, we want to know,” added Schneiderman.
The Civil Rights Bureau of Attorney General’s Office issued a subpoena to TWC seeking “all documents, records, and correspondence related to all complaints, whether formal or informal, relating to sexual harassment or other discrimination on the basis of gender or age, against any employee or management employee”.
The officials have also sought “documents concerning management’s criteria to hire, promote, cast, select, reject or terminate applicants or employees”.
The investigation will determine if civil rights law or state’s human rights law were broken by the company.
More than 50 women, including celebrities such as Lupita Nyong’o, Lena Headey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Cara Delevingne, have come forward to accuse the Hollywood producer of sexually harassing them.
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