“This too shall pass,” said some, after the New York Times and The New Yorker released their bombshell reports exposing decades of sexual harassment claims and allegations of assault involving Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
“This too shall pass,” said some, after the New York Times and The New Yorker released their bombshell reports exposing decades of sexual harassment claims and allegations of assault involving Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
It ain’t passing.
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While most everyone in Hollywood, it seems, knew about Weinstein’s trespasses, no one was expected was the outpouring of stories that followed, as the viral #MeToo campaign emboldened millions to come out as survivors of sexual harassment and assault. In some cases, women and men coming forth with their accounts have identified their alleged perpetrators. And in some cases, the employers of these perpetrators are taking action.
Here’s a tally of the consequences in some of the most high-profile cases to date:
