Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the film company he co-founded, The Weinstein Company board of directors has announced.
Mr Weinstein has won best-picture Oscars for films including Shakespeare in Love, Gangs of New York, The Artist, The King’s Speech, Chicago, The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King and The English Patient.
In a statement the company said: “In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company – Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar – have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective immediately.”
The decision follows a growing scandal over a string of sexual harassment allegations made against the 65-year-old Hollywood film producer.