Overview
- Speaking on Jan. 6 on Paul C Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast, McGowan said she suspects Weinstein could be “in a mansion in Connecticut” rather than incarcerated in New York.
- She said she had not seen a photo of him behind bars and questioned whether he has “ever spent a day in prison.”
- Official reporting notes Weinstein is serving a 16-year term and was convicted again in a New York retrial in June 2025, and he continues to deny sexually assaulting anyone.
- McGowan reiterated her 1997 Sundance allegation, described Weinstein as “a thug,” and compared Hollywood’s protection of him to the cult environment of her youth.
- Background includes her $100,000 settlement after the alleged assault, a racketeering lawsuit she filed in 2019 that was dismissed in 2021, and her move to Mexico during the pandemic.