Weinsteins bolag i konkurs – lyfter sekretessavtal
The Weinstein Company ansökte om konkursskydd enligt Chapter 11 på måndagen. Bolaget tänker sälja sina tillgångar till den Dallasbaserade private equity-firman Lantern Capial Partners.
Bolaget grundades av bröderna Bob och Harvey Weinstein 2005 och har bland annat legat bakom filmer som Django Unchained, The King’s Speech och Silver Linings Playbook. Anklagelserna om sexuella övergrepp mot Harvey Weinsten blev startskottet för #metoo-rörelsen och bolagets undergång.
I samband med ansökan lyfter bolaget alla sina sekretessavtal med de anställda. Dessa avtal har delvis beskyllts för att ha möjliggjort Harvey Weinsteins övergrepp.
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The Weinstein Company
Wikipedia (en)
The Weinstein Company LLC (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) is a mini-major film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America. Bob Weinstein owns 23% of the company.
The company dismissed Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, after dozens of women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment, assault or rape.
On February 26, 2018, The Weinstein Company announced in a statement that it will declare bankruptcy following the collapse of a buyout deal with an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, the former head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama. However, in a surprising turn, the TWC board and the investor group confirmed on March 1, 2018, that they had reached a deal in which TWC will sell all of its assets for $500 million. On March 6, 2018, the acquisition deal collapsed again after the studio had an extra debt of $50 million revealed.
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