Harvey Weinstein has responded to Uma Thurman’s claim of a sexual attack by releasing a series of photos that his team says “demonstrate the strong relationship Mr. Weinstein and Ms. Thurman had had over the years.”
In a statement that claims Weinstein made an “awkward pass” at Thurman “after “misreading her signals,” Weinstein’s team of publicists insists that there “was no physical contact during Mr. Weinstein’s awkward pass and Mr. Weinstein is saddened and puzzled as to ‘why’ Ms. Thurman, someone he considers a colleague and a friend, waited 25 years to make these allegations public, noting that he and Ms. Thurman have shared a very close and mutually beneficial working relationship where they have made several very successful film projects together.”
The statement, released by Weinstein’s spokesperson Holly K. Baird, reads in full:
We have pulled a number of images that demonstrate the strong relationship Mr. Weinstein and Ms. Thurman had had over the years and we wish the New York Times would have published them.
Mr. Weinstein acknowledges making an awkward pass 25 years ago at Ms. Thurman in England after misreading her signals, after a flirtatious exchange in Paris, for which he immediately apologized and deeply regrets. However, her claims about being physically assaulted are untrue. And this is the first time we have heard those details.
There was no physical contact during Mr. Weinstein’s awkward pass and Mr. Weinstein is saddened and puzzled as to “why” Ms. Thurman, someone he considers a colleague and a friend, waited 25 years to make these allegations public, noting that he and Ms. Thurman have shared a very close and mutually beneficial working relationship where they have made several very successful film projects together.
This is the first time we are hearing that she considered Mr. Weinstein an enemy and the pictures of their history tell a completely different story.
There will be more are detailed response later from Mr. Weinstein’s attorney, Ben Brafman.
To read about Thurman’s accusations against Weinstein, go here.
The photographs released by Baird depict Weinstein in party surroundings with Thurman and others. One shows Weinstein and Thurman, along with John Travolta and Quentin Tarantino at a 20th anniversary party for Pulp Fiction. Whether the images bolster the disgraced producer’s latest claims or merely demonstrate stop-at-nothing damage control is a decision we’ll leave to our readers:
