How Harvey Weinstein Used Mossad Agents to Try and Shut Down His Accusers

Former Mossad agents hired by Harvey Weinstein posed as women’s rights advocates and secretly recorded meetings with the actress Rose McGowan as part of a wide-ranging attempt by the movie mogul to shut down the investigation into allegations of sexual assault against him, and discredit his accusers.

In a shocking new report for The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow, the journalist who was among the first to expose Harvey Weinstein, records in compelling detail the meticulous manner in which Weinstein sought to suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women.

To collect information on and discredit the women and the journalists trying to expose him, Weinstein paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kroll, one of the world’s largest corporate-intelligence companies, and Black Cube, a similar outfit run by former members of Mossad, the Israeli secret service.

Invoices reveal he agreed a $600,000 contract with Black Cube, with a $300,000 bonus if they “completely stopped” the story from being published.

Weinstein had the agencies collect information on dozens of individuals, and compile psychological profiles that sometimes focused on their personal or sexual histories, The New Yorker says.

Agents went through journalists’ personal lives, even profiling their ex-wives, to try and find information to discredit them, and Weinstein monitored the progress of the investigations personally, according to the new report.

In a statement, Weinstein’s spokesperson, Sallie Hofmeister, denied the allegations, saying, “It is a fiction to suggest that any individuals were targeted or suppressed at any time.”