The Weinstein Company still owes Malia Obama for her internship
The Weinstein Company has filed for bankruptcy but there are thousands of people it still owes money to
The Weinstein Company has filed for bankruptcy but there are thousands of people it still owes money to
The Weinstein Company has filed for bankruptcy but there are thousands of people it still owes money to
Following the Weinstein Co's announcement that it had filed for bankruptcy on Monday, a 394-page document has now emerged including the names of thousands of people who are owed money by the film company; you might recognize a few of the names.
David Bowie, Michael Bay, Daniel Radcliffe and the former First Daughter Malia Obama are but a handful of people featured on the list (which you can check out ).
Last February, Malia in New York, rumored to be in marketing or development, months before she attended Harvard.
reports that one of Weinstein's accusers, the model-turned-actress Zoe Brock, is also listed.
In addition to celebrities, the company also owes money to Netflix, Amazon Studios, CBS, NBC, and ABC, as well as charities like the American Fund for AIDS Research, Autism Speaks, and the American Cancer Society. Bizarrely, it's also in debt to the New York Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department.
The Weinstein Co., founded in 2005 by Harvey and his brother Bob, filed for bankruptcy months after against the disgraced film producer emerged last October.
In doing so, the company said in its initial announcement, it will also release victims of and witnesses to Weinstein's alleged crimes from any nondisclosure agreements they might have signed regarding Weinstein.
"Effective immediately, those 'agreements' end," the company said in a , ironically adding "no one should be afraid to speak out or coerced to stay quiet."
Following news of the bankruptcy, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced it was "a watershed moment for efforts to address the corrosive effects of sexual misconduct in the workplace."
"The Weinstein Company's agreement to release victims of and witnesses to sexual misconduct from non-disclosure agreements – which my office has sought throughout this investigation and litigation – will finally enable voices that have for too long been muzzled to be heard."