{"id":139524,"date":"2017-12-15T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=139524"},"modified":"2017-12-15T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:46:29","slug":"weinstein-lawyers-seek-to-identify-ontario-woman-behind-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/15\/weinstein-lawyers-seek-to-identify-ontario-woman-behind-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Weinstein lawyers seek to identify Ontario woman behind lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124288\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124288\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg\" alt=\"Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein are seeking to publicly identify an Ontario actress who has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the disgraced Hollywood producer. (Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein are seeking to publicly identify an Ontario actress who has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the disgraced Hollywood producer. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO\u2014Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein are seeking to publicly identify an Ontario actress who has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the disgraced Hollywood producer.<\/p>\n<p>A Toronto court is set to hear arguments on the matter on Feb. 9, and the outcome could determine whether the lawsuit proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>The woman&#8217;s lawyers have said they want to move ahead with the claim without using her name, arguing that identifying her would cause irreparable harm to her mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>An affidavit filed in court said she may not continue with the case if she must use her name.<\/p>\n<p>The actress claims Weinstein sexually assaulted her while she had a part in a movie being filmed in and around Toronto nearly two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>None of the allegations have been proven in court and no statements of defence have been filed.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein, an Oscar-winning film producer, faces sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations from several women.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 8, he was fired from the Weinstein Company \u2014 the film studio he co-founded with his brother, Bob, in 2005 \u2014 days after the New York Times published a story detailing some of the allegations against him. Weinstein&#8217;s representative Sallie Hofmeister has said Weinstein denies all allegations of non-consensual sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO\u2014Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein are seeking to publicly identify an Ontario actress who has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":124288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[18205,30719,4201],"class_list":["post-139524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-harvey-weinstein","tag-ontario-actress","tag-sexual-assault","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}