Jane Fonda: I knew about Weinstein, and I'm 'ashamed' I didn't say anything

CNN ^ | October 12th 2017 | Jackie Wattles

[Ennis85]

Jane Fonda regrets not speaking up earlier about Harvey Weinstein. The film star, who is also an active women's rights advocate, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that she "found out about Harvey about a year ago." "I'm ashamed that I didn't say anything right then," Fonda said. The Oscar award winning actress said that she was never assaulted by the movie mogul. In the past week, multiple women have come forward accusing Weinstein of rape, assault and other misconduct.

The movie producer denies the charges and released a statement earlier this week, through a representative. "Mr. Weinstein obviously can't speak to anonymous allegations, but with respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual," the statement said. The stories revealed that Weinstein's actions were something of an open secret in Hollywood. Fonda, 79, said that her friend and fellow actor, Rosanna Arquette, had recounted a troubling experience with Weinstein.

Fonda declined to discuss what Arquette told her. But Arquette is among the handful of actresses whose experiences with Weinstein were detailed in the New Yorker this week. Arquette said she denied advances Weinstein made in a hotel room. "He made things very difficult for me for years," she told the New Yorker. When asked why Fonda didn't say anything publicly after she spoke with Arquette, Fonda said, "I guess it hadn't happened to me, and so I didn't feel that it was my place." Fonda, an Academy Award winner, spoke to Amanpour about her own past experiences with sexual harassment and abuse. She says she was abused as an 8-year-old child and explains why therapy was important for her recovery. "You realize what I'm feeling is ok because this person is sharing my pain," she said.

[gloriabeth]

I agree wholeheartedly, Jane, if you know and are so ashamed, tell us about all the other predators.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

With Fonda’s ill-fated background with communist/leftist men-pigs - Roger Vadim, Mark Lane and Tom Hayden - I’d say she should be called as an “expert witness” on the sexist behavior of leftist men.

Then we can hang her for treason.

[Mozilla]

Jane, You Ignorant —

[IncPen]

When asked why Fonda didn't say anything publicly after she spoke with Arquette, Fonda said, "Listen. I had a career to think about. I may be a traitor, and I may be stupid, but I'm not an idiot."

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[KTM rider]

so Jane Fonda rode the weinstein merry go round to success too ! i would assume every female in movies was “on the staff” at one time......ill never be able to watch movies the same way again

[taxesareforever]

Yeah, you held back nothing when it came to Vietnam. Guess a different time leads to a different story.

[Pollster1]

Why would Jane Fonda have said anything? Speaking up would not have harmed America, so it’s not worth her trouble.

[Deplorable American1776]

Jane, visit North Korea and STAY THERE, your treasonous *itch!! Who will be the next has been actress/actor to speak out on Harvey?

[ops33]

SOP for Jane Fonda. She knew about conditions of our POWs and did nothing as well.

[MinuteGal]

Jane Fonda, marxist activist.....will be 80 this December.....actor father Henry Fonda was married 5 times, socialite mother committed suicide.....Jane was married thrice, to Roger Vadim, French movie producer, to Tom Hayden, radical activist, Ted Turner, TV mogul.....intimate relationship with recording producer Richard Perry 2009, ended 2017.....in her 2005 memoir she revealed she participated in sexual threesomes at the insistance of husband Vadim....Jane has three adult children, 2 natural, one adopted African-American daughter.....net worth $120 million (modeling, movies, writing, exercise videos).....she lives in luxurious home in Atlanta where she tends to her large vintage car collection.

Leni