Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was a crucial source in uncovering Harvey Weinstein's s-xual abuse
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been singled out as a key figure in the New York Times publication, which first denounced a series of s-xual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
This is how they describe it in the book "She Said: Breaking the S-xual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement", by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who were responsible for the report published on October 5, 2017 that triggered the fall of Weinstein and the #MeToo movement.
According to the New York Times reporters, Paltrow was an early and crucial source, sharing her own experience with them and also trying to recruit other victims. This was stated in an interview on the Today Show, where they stated that: "Gwyneth [Paltrow] was actually one of the first people to talk on the phone, and she was determined to help in this investigation."
The actress, who had starred in several films as a result of Weinstein's endorsement, including "Shakespeare in Love," accused the Hollywood mogul of s-xual harassment. "She was a girl, she was petrified," she explained. In addition, she stated that after Brad Pitt, her partner at the time, confronted Weinstein, she feared losing her job. "I thought I was going to get fired," she recalled.
For his part, Weinstein denies all allegations of non-consensual s-xual activity. In a statement to Deadline, one of his representatives disputed Paltrow's claim that "her job was on the line." “She comes from Hollywood royalty. Her father was a great producer, her mother a famous actress, her godfather is Steven Spielberg. She didn't need to do movies with Harvey Weinstein. She wanted to do it, and she won top awards and was the highest-paid female actress for almost a decade."
