Actress Alyssa Milano, who prompted the Me Too movement, has said she looks forward to seeing “justice prevail” after Harvey Weinstein was charged with sex crimes.
The Charmed actress sparked thousands of women to share their own stories of sexual harassment and abuse after the first allegations against the producer emerged.
She wrote on Twitter: “Today a man whose actions were so egregious that they spawned a global reckoning has been taken into custody.
#MeToo #TimesUp pic.twitter.com/zPdQdaVcqc
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) May 25, 2018
“Harvey Weinstein shattered the lives of an untold number of women.
“We stand with them, and remain in solidarity with women everywhere who have faced unsafe and abusive workplaces. We look forward to seeing justice prevail.”
Actress Mira Sorvino, who was one of the first to make an allegation of sexual misconduct against Weinstein, tweeted: “Sending love to all my sisters today who stood up against a monster… so many emotions…
Sending love to all my sisters today who stood up against a monster… so many emotions… I am proud of and grateful to you all.
— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) May 25, 2018
“I am proud of and grateful to you all.”
Rose McGowan, who has alleged Weinstein raped her and instructed Doughty Street Chambers in London to bring a harassment case against him, told BBC Radio 4’s PM: “It’s a concrete slap in the face of abuse of power.
“I hope we emerge victorious and if anything we have emerged victorious, no mater what, because people are listening now.”
She wrote on Twitter: “We got you, Harvey Weinstein, we got you.”
We got you, Harvey Weinstein, we got you
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) May 25, 2018
Actress Asia Argento, who has also has also accused Weinstein of rape, said she was “popping this bubbly” after the disgraced mogul surrendered to police to face allegations of sexual misconduct.
The actress also shared a video of Weinstein arriving at the New York Police Department at Tribeca in Manhattan, writing: “What took you so long Harvey?”
🍾 popping this bubbly, buddy
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) May 25, 2018
What took you so long Harvey? pic.twitter.com/MUFB34fWai
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) May 25, 2018
She later wrote: “Harvey Weinstein ain’t smiling now.”
TV chef Anthony Bourdain wrote on Twitter: “When you went on record, @AsiaArgento you were sure this day would never come, that you would be crushed, that you were alone. And yet you did it anyway. #perpwalk.”
When you went on record, @AsiaArgento you were sure this day would never come, that you would be crushed, that you were alone. And yet you did it anyway. #perpwalk pic.twitter.com/sGzI1qUjx7
— Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) May 25, 2018
Argento is one of dozens of women who have made allegations against Weinstein.
This is the speech I wrote and spoke out loud tonight at Cannes. For all the brave women who came forward denouncing their predators, and for all the brave women who will come forward in the future. We got the power #metoo pic.twitter.com/ttJN1pNFxR
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) May 19, 2018
Speaking on stage at the Cannes film festival last week, Argento said she predicted the producer would “live in disgrace, shunned by a film community that once embraced him”.
Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.