Rose McGowandoesn’t thinka guilty verdict for Harvey Weinsteinwill bring her much closure.
The actress recorded an episode forthe podcastShut Up Evana few days before Weinstein, 67, wasconvicted on two rape and sexual assault charges. When host Evan Ross Katz asked if the ongoing trial was bringing her any sense of finality in her story with Weinstein, McGowan, 46, said, “Probably not until he’s dead now.”
“I feel like he and I are strapped in this battle together until one of us is dead. That’s how it goes,” she continued. “Energetically, we’re like just locked. It’s a really disgusting feeling. I just would love to be able to be like other people and live my life. That would be really nice, you know?”
McGowan first accused Weinstein of rape in October 2017 and later recounted the incident in her 2018 bookBrave. After his conviction, McGowan tweeted a positive message in support of the victims who testified.
“Today is a powerful day & a huge step forward in our collective healing,” McGowanfirst tweeted.
“I’m proud of the brave women who testified, they have taken out a monster on earth. Thank you to the prosecutor & jury who said not one more. Thank you to the public for examining things more deeply. I can finally exhale,” sheadded in a second tweet.
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McGowan’s allegations first surfaced whenTheNew York Timesreported thatMcGowan was part of a settlement with Weinstein in 1997following an alleged encounter in a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival.
Days later, McGowan accused the movie mogul of rape and fired off a series of angry tweets at people she thinks covered forWeinstein,who has denied her allegations.
On Monday morning, a jury of seven men and five women found Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. He was acquitted on three other charges, including a more serious predatory charge.
Weinstein a producer behind 20 best-picture Oscar nominees — his five winners in the category includeShakespeare in Love, ChicagoandThe King’s Speech— had fiercely denied the allegations, countering that his sexual encounters with the two accusers in the New York case were consensual.
source: people.com
