Overview
- Dench told Radio Times she feels Weinstein has “done his time,” calling her view a personal act of forgiveness after seeing recent footage of him using walking aids.
- She said she texts Kevin Spacey and described him as “exonerated,” noting past acquittals and civil findings in his favor while further civil claims in London are scheduled next year.
- Weinstein, 73, is serving a 16-year sentence following a 2023 Los Angeles conviction and remains in custody at Rikers Island, with a 2025 New York retrial yielding one new conviction, one acquittal, and a mistrial on a third allegation.
- Dench previously condemned the allegations against Weinstein in 2017 and has argued for considering artists’ work separately from their misconduct.
- Public reaction was swift, with widespread social-media criticism reported, and Weinstein, through a representative, thanked Dench for her “kind words,” according to TMZ.