Penelope Cruz recalls ‘strange’ Harvey Weinstein – #MeToo

In 2009, actress Penelope Cruz won an Oscar for her role in a film produced by Harvey Weinstein and directed by Woody Allen — two men now in the crosshairs of the #MeToo movement taking a stand against sexual abuse.

“Thank you, Harvey Weinstein,” the Spanish actress said that night as she accepted her golden best supporting actress statuette for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

Since then, Weinstein has gone from Hollywood mogul to international pariah. He is the subject of sexual harassment and assault accusations from scores of women and is facing sex crimes charges in New York. He flatly denies all of it.

Cruz says she was never personally harassed by the producer and was unaware of his behavior, which became public in October 2017, sending his career into free fall and bankrupting his company.

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