Hollywood actress Rose McGowan accused Amazon of winning “a dirty Oscar” by working with accused rapist Harvey Weinstein, despite being warned of accusations against him.
McGowan is one of at least 20 women to have accused Weinstein of sexually harassing them. Amazon executives, McGowan claimed, did nothing when McGowan warned them about Weinstein. McGowan is one of several women to have settled with Weinstein.
“I forcefully begged studio head to do the right thing. I was ignored,” she wrote. “Deal was done. Amazon won a dirty Oscar.”
McGowan called on Bezos to “stop funding rapists, alleged pedos and sexual harassers,” adding that “there is rot in Hollywood.”
1) @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.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
2) @jeffbezos I had already sold a script I wrote to your studio, it was in development. When I heard a Weinstein bailout was in the works
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
3) @Jeffbezos I forcefully begged studio head to do the right thing. I was ignored. Deal was done. Amazon won a dirty Oscar.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
4) @jeffbezos I called my attorney & said I want to get my script back, but before I could, #2 @amazonstudios called to say my show was dead
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
4) @jeffbezos I am calling on you to stop funding rapists, alleged pedos and sexual harassers. I love @amazon but there is rot in Hollywood
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
Weinstein’s alleged pattern of sexual assault and harassment was reportedly an open secret among Hollywood elites. (RELATED: It’s Not Just Weinstein — Entertainment Industry Filled With Accused Sex Abusers)
McGowan has claimed that other movie stars and board members of Weinstein’s company knew about the rape accusations but helped cover them up.