--- title: Harvey Weinstein Condemned by Hillary Clinton for Allegations description: Five days after the first report emerged, Clinton said she was "shocked and appalled" by the allegations. canonical: https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-10T19:00:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:05.086Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Finally Spoke Out Against Longtime Donor Harvey Weinstein og:description: "I was shocked and appalled," she said 5 days after sexual harassment allegations og:url: https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a3bbd51e1ab25ed/6988e144fb4eac51ae894134/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala, Inside, New York, USA - 02 May 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Finally Spoke Out Against Longtime Donor Harvey Weinstein twitter:description: "I was shocked and appalled," she said 5 days after sexual harassment allegations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a3bbd51e1ab25ed/6988e144fb4eac51ae894134/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Finally Spoke Out Against Longtime Donor Harvey Weinstein > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: Ashley Judd and Multiple Women Accuse Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment as He Announces Leave of Absence [Watch (HLS stream): Ashley Judd and Multiple Women Accuse Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment as He Announces Leave of Absence](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YpO5SwbZ.m3u8) (1:55)  _Published 2017-10-05. Ashley Judd and Multiple Women Accuse Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment as He Announces Leave of Absence_  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 10, 2017 7:00 PM UTC  Huma Abedin, Harvey Weinstein, and Hillary Clinton at the Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala in New York, on May 2, 2017. Huma Abedin, Harvey Weinstein, and Hillary Clinton at the Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala in New York, on May 2, 2017. Joe Schildhorn—BFA/REX/Shutterstock  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Oct 10, 2017 7:00 PM UTC Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she was “shocked and appalled” in the wake of [sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/4974058/harvey-weinstein-sexual-abuse-allegations-fired/), speaking publicly for the first time about [the longtime Democratic donor](http://time.com/4972389/harvey-weinstein-democratic-senators/) five days after it first emerged that multiple women had accused him of harassment over the course of decades. “I was shocked and appalled by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein,” Clinton said in a statement. “Their courage and support of others is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior.” A high-profile donor in the Democratic Party, Weinstein has contributed more $20,000 to Clinton’s campaigns since she ran for U.S. Senate in New York in 1999, according to [the Center for Responsive Politics](https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Harvey+Weinstein+&cycle=&state=&zip=&employ=&cand=Hillary+Clinton). In the wake of [the explosive New York _Times_ report](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html?%5Fr=0) detailing allegations spanning three decades, several Democratic lawmakers who had received contributions from Weinstein — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, have said they are giving that money to charities helping women. Former President Barack Obama, who has also raised campaign cash from Weinstein — and whose daughter Malia worked for Weinstein earlier this year — has yet to comment publicly. “The behavior described by women coming forward cannot be tolerated,” Clinton said. > [](https://twitter.com/NickMerrill/status/917803750869426176) More allegations against Weinstein emerged on Tuesday, as [_The New Yorker_](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories) reported that three women claimed he had raped them, and [the _Times_ ](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/gwyneth-paltrow-angelina-jolie-harvey-weinstein.html?smid=tw-share&%5Fr=2)reported a new slew of allegations from high-profile figures including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. A spokesperson denied “any allegations of non-consensual sex” in response to both reports. “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein,” the spokesperson said. “I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it,” Weinstein said in the initial New York _Times_ report last week. “Though I’m trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go.” [Weinstein was fired from his company](http://time.com/4974058/harvey-weinstein-sexual-abuse-allegations-fired/) this week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Finally Spoke Out Against Longtime Donor Harvey Weinstein","datePublished":"2017-10-10T19:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:05.086Z","description":"\"I was shocked and appalled,\" she said 5 days after sexual harassment allegations","url":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/","keywords":["hillary clinton","Harvey Weinstein","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a3bbd51e1ab25ed/6988e144fb4eac51ae894134/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a3bbd51e1ab25ed/6988e144fb4eac51ae894134/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala, Inside, New York, USA - 02 May 2017","caption":"Planned Parenthood 100th Anniversary Gala, Inside, New York, USA - 02 May 2017","creditText":"Joe Schildhorn—BFA/REX/Shutterstock","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hillary-clinton-2/","name":"hillary clinton"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/","name":"Hillary Clinton Finally Spoke Out Against Longtime Donor Harvey Weinstein"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ashley Judd and Multiple Women Accuse Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment as He Announces Leave of Absence","description":"Ashley Judd and Multiple Women Accuse Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment as He Announces Leave of Absence","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YpO5SwbZ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-05T20:44:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YpO5SwbZ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/","duration":"PT1M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4976474/hillary-clinton-harvey-weinstein/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```