Judge Dismisses Most Of Rose McGowan's Civil Claims Against Harvey Weinstein

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Nine out of Rose McGowan's 11 civil claims against Harvey Weinstein were dismissed by a federal judge
The claims were dismissed because the actress filed her lawsuit after the two-year statute of limitations
McGowan’s lawsuit included claims of civil racketeering, fraud, invasion of privacy and illegal recording

A federal judge dismissed Monday most of the civil claims made by Rose McGowan against Harvey Weinstein, saying that the suit was filed after the two-year statute of limitations.

In a court ruling, Judge Otis Wright dismissed nine of the 11 claims in the complaint filed by McGowan, Variety reported. However, her claim that she was defrauded when she was tricked into revealing details of her memoir was allowed to proceed.

In October 2019, the actress filed a complaint against Weinstein and his attorneys Lisa Bloom and David Boies for suppressing her claim that the disgraced producer sexually assaulted her in 1997.

The suit said McGowan was approached by a woman named Diana Filip, who claimed to be an advocate for women. Filip gained McGowan’s trust and saw a draft of her memoir, titled “Brave,” in which she alleged that Weinstein sexually assaulted her during the Sundance Film Festival in 1997.

However, it was later found that Filip worked with Black Cube, a company that was hired by Weinstein and his attorneys.

The former actress filed a wide range of complaints against the disgraced film mogul, including claims of fraud, invasion of privacy, computer hacking, illegal recording, civil racketeering, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conversion.

The judge’s ruling has allowed McGowan to amend the claims that were dismissed in the court and refile them.

“Based on these allegations, the Court finds that McGowan adequately alleges she suffered concrete damages as a result of Defendants’ fraudulent conduct,” Variety quoted the judge as saying.

The judge made the ruling after McGowan revealed that fraud caused her a lot of mental stress and damaged her professional relationships.

McGowan is considered to be one of the distinguished voices of the “Me Too” movement. She was one of the first women to come out and openly speak about her horrifying ordeal with Weinstein. The Me Too movement started with a story published by The New York Times, which detailed decades of allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Weinstein.

The Miramax founder is currently serving a 23-year sentence in New York.