--- description: Harvey Weinstein issued a statement Thursday in response to a New York Times report detailing decades of sexual harassment allegations title: Read Harvey Weinstein’s Full Statement Responding to Sexual Harassment Allegations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d51d7d0ba92f/6988e0b786f68e82506e6b75/harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Harvey Weinstein’s Full Statement Responding to Sexual Harassment Allegations by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:45 AM CUTPublished: Oct 5, 2017 9:38 PM CUT  Harvey Weinstein is spotted at Hotel Martinez during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at on May 19, 2017 in Cannes, France. Harvey Weinstein is spotted at Hotel Martinez during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at on May 19, 2017 in Cannes, France.Jacopo Raule—GC Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:45 AM CUTPublished: Oct 5, 2017 9:38 PM CUT Harvey Weinstein issued a statement Thursday in response to a [New York _Times_ report](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur "undefined") that detailed decades of sexual harassment allegations against the veteran Hollywood producer. The _Times_ reported on previously undisclosed allegations against Weinstein spanning about three decades. In the _Times_ story, actor Ashley Judd recalls a meeting she had with Weinstein two decades ago. She claims he greeted her in his bathrobe. The report cites interviews with current and former employees of Weinstein’s company as well as legal records. Judd’s representative offered the following statement: “the New York _Times_ article speaks for itself.” According to the report, Weinstein reached confidential settlements with at least eight women who each received between $80,000 and $150,000. In a statement in the _Times_ story, Lisa Bloom, a lawyer who is advising Weinstein, said that “he denies many of the accusations as patently false.” After the _Times_ published the story on Thursday, Weinstein’s lawyer Charles Harder told TIME in an email that the story was “saturated with false and defamatory statements” and that he planned to sue the newspaper. He also said that the _Times_ story ” relies on mostly hearsay accounts and a faulty report.” Following the publication of the _Times_ story Weinstein said he will take a leave of absence from the Weinstein Company. In a statement, he blamed his actions on the fact that he “came of age in the 60’s and 70’s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different.” “I have since learned it’s not an excuse, in the office — or out of it,” he said. “To anyone.” Read Weinstein’s full statement given to the _Times_ below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4971199/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4971199/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/"},"headline":"Read Harvey Weinstein’s Full Statement Responding to Sexual Harassment Allegations","datePublished":"2017-10-05T21:38:30.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T11:45:56.000Z","description":"A new report details decades of previously undisclosed allegations","url":"https://time.com/4971199/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/","keywords":["movies","Harvey Weinstein","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d51d7d0ba92f/6988e0b786f68e82506e6b75/harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d51d7d0ba92f/6988e0b786f68e82506e6b75/harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Day 3 Celebrity Sightings - The 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival","caption":"Day 3 Celebrity Sightings - The 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival","creditText":"Jacopo Raule—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4971199/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/","name":"Read Harvey Weinstein’s Full Statement Responding to Sexual Harassment Allegations"}}]}] ```