Weinstein, Victims Ask Court to Approve $18.9 Million Deal (2)

More than half a dozen women who say they were assaulted or mistreated by Harvey Weinstein are asking a federal judge to approve an $18.875 million settlement they reached with the disgraced movie mogul.

The female actors and screenwriters sued in December 2017, alleging Weinstein Co., its officers and directors and Miramax, the studio Weinstein formerly ran, enabled his conduct. Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence for sex crimes at a maximum security prison in upstate New York.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein last year threw out most of the claims in the lawsuit, including those alleging violations ...