Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will stay in a rehabilitation centre at least till the next month amid the sexual harassment scandal.
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will stay in a rehabilitation centre at least till the next month amid the sexual harassment scandal.
The media mogul's spokesperson told People magazine that he will continue to be under treatment at the facility, despite his constant insistence to be shifted to a five-star hotel.
"Mr Weinstein is receiving in-patient as well as outpatient medical treatment for the next month or so," the spokesperson said.
Another insider told People, the producer believes he does not needs assistance round-the-clock.
"He agreed to treatment, but he doesn't think he needs rehab," they said.
However, another Weinstein source claims that the media mogul has accepted that he needs help.
"His team set him up at a secure place to get him the help he needs - he knows and wants help. Specialists and at least one doctor are coming to him and he's taking the therapy seriously. He's not taking this lightly. This has been something he's actually been working on for a while." In his first statement after the controversy blew up, Weinstein had said he is trying to be a better person and knows that he has a long way to go.
"My journey now will be to learn about myself and conquer my demons... I've brought on therapists... to deal with this issue head on. I so respect all women and regret what happened. I hope that my actions will speak louder than words," he had said.
Over 40 women, including names such as Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lupita Nyong'o and Lena Headey, have come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual misconduct after a New York Times expose, which revealed that he settled with more than eight women. The NYT story was followed by a more detailed report in the New Yorker.
Meanwhile, Katherine Kendall has revealed that she was afraid to call out Weistein on sexual harassment as the actor believes she would have been "blackballed" from the industry.
Earlier this month, the 48-year-old actor publicly alleged that the media mogul had harassed her in his apartment in 1993.
Kendall had claimed that Weinstein "literally chased" her and stopped her from escaping from the room.
In an interview recorded in July and obtained by the Observer, the "Swingers" actor said she feared she would be judged for speaking the truth.
"You make yourself a target in a way - I was awful scared that I would be judged, even blackballed. They could make it so you don't work," she said.
Kendall said it took her 25 years to raise her voice also because it would attract scrutiny, which would be difficult for her to face.
"I never went to the press because I was too scared. I didn't want attention brought on me for that, intuitively I didn't want it. I don't like to talk about my personal life too much."
The actor added such incidents tend to scar women for life and that it has always been the sufferer who is made to feel guilty about the crime.
"People don't realise that those things can be scary, sometimes it's downright scary and can leave a woman shattered, fragmented... I was more scared more than I thought I would be. My insides were shaken up a little more more than I thought they would be - and I thought I was kind of tough.
"When someone perpetrates against another person like that it actually makes the person who got perpetrated upon feel ashamed in a certain way," she said.
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