December 21, 2020
Women who haven't settled their sexual misconduct allegations against former film mogul Harvey Weinstein are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject his movie studio's Chapter 11 plan, saying they are being unfairly forced to surrender their claims.
November 05, 2020
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday overrode objections from women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault to send his movie studio's Chapter 11 plan for a vote, provided creditors can opt out of the third-party legal releases.
November 04, 2020
Harvey Weinstein's bankrupt movie studio defended its proposed Chapter 11 plan and disclosure statement Wednesday against the objections of a group of sexual assault claimants, saying the plan is not a ploy for the debtor's insurers to avoid paying out on those claims.
October 29, 2020
Women who haven't settled their sexual misconduct allegations against former film mogul Harvey Weinstein objected Thursday in Delaware bankruptcy court to the Chapter 11 plan disclosure statement for Weinstein's movie studio, saying it devalues their claims.
October 20, 2020
A Delaware judge refused Tuesday to convert jailed sexual predator Harvey Weinstein's bankrupt film business into a Chapter 7 liquidation case, rejecting an assault victim group's claim that a proposed Chapter 11 settlement offers an unjust deal that benefits insurers.
October 16, 2020
Victims of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct who haven't reached deals with the disgraced film mogul told a Delaware bankruptcy judge late Thursday that the Weinstein Co.'s Chapter 11 case should be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation because the current proposed plan is unfair and shields ex-representatives of Weinstein's company.
October 02, 2020
Saying that Chapter 7 liquidation will offer Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct victims far less, the jailed entertainment executive's bankrupt studio estate filed an amended Chapter 11 plan in Delaware federal court late Thursday with a $17 million settlement reserve — an amount immediately branded as "pathetically inadequate" by victim attorneys.
September 03, 2020
The Weinstein Co. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to keep Harvey Weinstein from restarting arbitration against the company in New York over his 2017 firing, saying the disgraced Hollywood producer has no chance of winning the case or collecting damages.
September 02, 2020
Attorneys for the bankrupt movie studio once led by disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday that if his accusers reject their treatment under a newly proposed Chapter 11 plan, it will be scrapped and the bankruptcy will convert to a Chapter 7 case.
July 29, 2020
Harvey Weinstein's former studio pressed a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday for more time to pursue a "revised" payout deal for the producer's accusers after two women branded the settlement a "deathtrap" and a Manhattan federal judge rejected it as "phony."