Posted on 07/30/2020 5:37:45 PM PDT by Libloather
Actress Ashley Judd alleges that Harvey Weinstein tried to make her watch him shower and give him a massage at a Beverly Hills hotel in the mid ‘90s, and on Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Judd can sue the disgraced former producer under a California sexual harassment law.
The sexual harassment portion of Judd’s lawsuit, filed in 2018 and put on hold in the midst of Weinstein’s criminal trial, was initially dismissed by a judge in a lower court because Weinstein was not technically her employer at the time. However, because Weinstein held such a position of power in her industry - Judd says that Weinstein badmouthed her and hurt her career after she turned down his advances - there is a state law that could apply to her situation.
“Weinstein was uniquely situated to exercise coercive power or leverage over Judd, who was a young actor at the beginning of her career at the time of the alleged harassment,” wrote U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia in the opinion. “Moreover, given Weinstein’s highly influential and ‘unavoidable’ presence in the film industry, the relationship was one that would have been difficult to terminate ‘without tangible hardship’ to Judd, whose livelihood as an actor depended on being cast for roles.”
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She’s such a camera/attention whore. Look at me! Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!!!!
Did Harvey Weinstein turn her into a hate-filled feminazi bitch? If that's what happened, then I wish her luck with the lawsuit.
Judd: when you hang with filth some rubs off on you.
Weinstein: Ditto
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