Women who have sued Harvey Weinstein for alleged sexual harassment and assault will sit alongside business creditors on a panel that will play a crucial role in wrapping up the affairs of the movie and TV studio he co-founded, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Weinstein Co. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 19 and is headed toward a sale to investment firm Lantern Capital or a higher bidder at a potential auction. The official creditors committee, which was chosen Wednesday by the U.S. Trustee, a Justice Department official monitoring the case, in a meeting at a hotel in Wilmington, Del., will speak for all unsecured creditors in the case, as Weinstein Co. deals with the fallout from allegations of sexual assault and harassment by Weinstein. Members of the committee include Sandeep Rehal, a former assistant to Weinstein who claims in a sex discrimination lawsuit that she was forced to deliver injectable erectile dysfunction drugs to him. Also on the panel is Louisette Geiss, one of the leaders of a federal class action. Geiss alleges she met with Weinstein to pitch him a script, and was assaulted, threatened and falsely imprisoned. Read more.
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