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In a sad turn of events, Quentin Tarantino, the mastermind behind classics like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Inglorious Basterds (among many more) has come forward saying that he knew about Harvey Weinstein.
As more and more allegations of sexual abuses are coming up on Weinstein, it was becoming difficult for Tarantino to keep his thoughts to himself. These, Tarantino says, stems from a deep sense of guilt that he did not do much to put an end to such behaviour. Unfortunately for Tarantino, this guilt stems from the fact that his own former girlfriend, Mira Sorvino, confided in Tarantino about unwanted sexual advances from Weinstein. Tarantino also mentioned that he knew about the settlement Harvey reached with Rose McGowan.
However, Tarantino failed to connect this as a pattern that a lot of women who interacted with Weinstein on the basis of business were subjected to.
But it just wasn’t his own girlfriend who spoke about Harvey Weinstein in hushed tones. Tarantino, over the decades, kept hearing of accounts that happened to “a friend’s friend”, rumours about women working at the firm, and did not do much to take these accounts seriously enough. A decision that he now regrets.
(Source: The New York Times)
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