--- description: She had not previously named the studio executive she said assaulted her title: Rose McGowan Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b14e235131880bd/6988e1d3196cf481e204251c/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-allegations.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 * [Harvey Weinstein](/tag/harvey-weinstein/) ## Harvey Weinstein Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rose McGowan Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:38 AM CUTPublished: Oct 13, 2017 12:00 AM CUT  Actress Rose McGowan attends 'Charliewood - An Exhibition Of Transgressive Movement' at Cedar Lake on Nov. 28, 2016 in New York City. Actress Rose McGowan attends 'Charliewood - An Exhibition Of Transgressive Movement' at Cedar Lake on Nov. 28, 2016 in New York City.Noam Galai—Wire Image/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:38 AM CUTPublished: Oct 13, 2017 12:00 AM CUT Rose McGowan on Thursday named Harvey Weinstein as the studio executive she previously said had raped her. The actor had discussed her experience with rape in the past, and had said that her assailant was a studio executive, but she told [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rose-mcgowan-confirms-claim-harvey-weinstein-raped-me-1048343?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined") on Thursday that Weinstein was the man in question. McGowan’s confirmation came after she sent a [series of tweets](https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/918567880865628161 "undefined") calling out Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and alleging that she had told Amazon executives about her encounter with Weinstein. “@jeffbezos I told the head of your studio that HW raped me. Over & over I said it. He said it hadn’t been proven. I said I was the proof,” McGowan’s first [tweet said](https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/918567880865628161 "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/918567880865628161) McGowan has been a vocal critic of Weinstein and of Hollywood culture in the wake of a series of exposes in the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") and [_The New Yorker_](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories "undefined") that revealed many women accusing the former studio head of sexual harassment and assault. The _Times_ reported that McGowan reached a settlement with Weinstein in 1997 after an incident in a hotel room during the Sundance Film Festival. She did not comment for the _Times_ investigation, but has since spoken out about her experience, tweeting “Now am I allowed to say rapist” while quoting a tweet from Anthony Bourdain, asking if he could say “rapist” in relation to Weinstein. > [](https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/917820440910774272) Weinstein has previously denied all allegations of rape and sexual assault, and Sallie Hofmeister, a spokesperson for Weinstein, repeated part of that statement to TIME on Thursday. “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein,” she said. A spokesperson for Amazon said in a statement that the company was “reviewing our options for the projects we have with The Weinstein Co.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4980878/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-rape-allegation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4980878/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-rape-allegation/"},"headline":"Rose McGowan Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her","datePublished":"2017-10-13T00:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T02:38:33.000Z","description":"She had not previously named the studio executive she said assaulted her","url":"https://time.com/4980878/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-rape-allegation/","keywords":["Harvey Weinstein","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b14e235131880bd/6988e1d3196cf481e204251c/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-allegations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b14e235131880bd/6988e1d3196cf481e204251c/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-allegations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Charliewood An Exhibition Of Transgressive Movement","caption":"Charliewood An Exhibition Of Transgressive Movement","creditText":"Noam Galai—Wire Image/Getty 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/harvey-weinstein/","name":"Harvey Weinstein"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4980878/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-rape-allegation/","name":"Rose McGowan Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her"}}]}] ```