Overview
- In a Radio Times interview published this week, the 90-year-old said forgiveness is personal and that she ‘imagines’ Harvey Weinstein has ‘done his time.’
- Dench said she and Kevin Spacey text and described him as ‘exonerated’ after his 2023 U.K. acquittal, though he faces additional civil claims in London next year.
- Weinstein, 73, remains incarcerated, serving a 16-year sentence tied to his Los Angeles conviction, as a New York retrial in June yielded one conviction, one acquittal and a mistrial.
- The remarks drew swift criticism on social media, while a representative for Weinstein issued a statement praising Dench and thanking her for her words.
- Dench previously condemned the allegations in 2017 and has argued that creative work should be judged separately from personal misconduct.