自分は「忘れられた人間」、ワインスタイン被告が嘆く　被害者らは非難

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】数多くの性犯罪の訴えにさらされた米ハリウッドの元大物プロデューサー、ハーヴェイ・ワインスタイン被告（67）は大衆紙の取材に対し、自身がいかに女性主導の映画を「切り開いた」かを世界は忘れてしまったと嘆いた。これを受けて被害者らが16日、非難の声を上げた。（写真はハーヴェイ・ワインスタイン被告＜中央＞）
　セクハラ告発運動「＃ＭｅＴｏｏ（私も）」のきっかけをつくり、終身刑を受ける可能性のある刑事訴訟を３週間後に控えたワインスタイン被告は、ニューヨーク・ポスト紙による異例のインタビューに応じた。
　背中の手術後に病院で取材を受けたワインスタイン被告は、自らを「忘れられた人間」のように感じると語った。
　映画『恋におちたシェイクスピア』や『パルプ・フィクション』をプロデュースした同被告は、「私はどの映画製作者よりも多くの女性監督作品や女性に関する作品を作った、しかも３０年前にだ」と話した。
　「それがはやりになっている今の話をしているのではない。私が最初にやったんだ！私が切り開いたんだ！それがこれまで起こったことのせいで、何もかも骨抜きになってしまった」と続けた。
　女優のアシュレイ・ジャッドさんやローズ・マッゴーワンさんら、ワインスタイン被告から性的被害を受けたと告発した女性２３人は、被告のこの発言は「社会にまた虚像を見せようとする」試みだと非難している。
　女性らはジェンダー格差の解消などを訴える運動「タイムズ・アップ（もうおしまいの意）」のツイッターアカウントに投稿。
　同被告は「新たなインタビューで忘れられたくないと言っている。まあ忘れられはしないだろう」「被告は性犯罪者として、またすべてを奪い、いかなる称賛にも値しない、悔悟の念を持たない虐待者として記憶されるだろう」と書いた。
　ワインスタイン被告は先週、セクシュアルハラスメント（性的嫌がらせ）やレイプ被害を訴えていた女優や元従業員３０人以上と、和解金２５００万ドル（約２７億円）の支払いで合意している。和解金は原告全員で分配するという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/12/18-08:55）

Harvey Weinstein's accusers hit back at the disgraced Hollywood mogul Monday after he complained that the world had forgotten how he pioneered women-led films following dozens of sex-crime allegations.
The once powerful producer, whose case sparked the #MeToo movement, gave a rare interview just three weeks before the start of a criminal trial that could see him jailed for life.
Weinstein, 67, told the New York Post tabloid, speaking in a hospital following a back operation, that he felt like the forgotten man.
I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker and I'm talking about 30 years ago, said the producer of Shakespeare in Love and Pulp Fiction.
I'm not talking about now when it's vogue. I did it first! I pioneered it! It all got eviscerated because of what happened, he added.
Twenty-three women who have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, including actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan, said the comments were an attempt to gaslight society again.
He says in a new interview he doesn't want to be forgotten. Well, he won't be, they said in a statement posted on the Time's Up Twitter page.
He will be remembered as a sexual predator and an unrepentant abuser who took everything and deserves nothing.
He will be remembered by the collective will of countless women who stood up and said enough, they added.
Weinstein's comments came after he reached a $25 million settlement last week to be shared among more than 30 actresses and former employees who have sued him for offenses ranging from sexual harassment to rape.
Weinstein will not have to admit wrongdoing or pay from his own pocket, according to news portal TMZ. Instead the bill will be met by insurers for his bankrupt former movie studio, The Weinstein Company.
- 'Stunt' -
Weinstein's accusers include some of the world's most famous actresses -- including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek -- although none is part of the proceedings.
Weinstein has always insisted his sexual relationships were consensual and has pleaded not guilty to five charges of sexual assault relating to two women.
One of the women alleges Weinstein raped her in 2013, while the other claims he forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006.
His trial is scheduled to start on January 6, 2020.
Lawyer Douglas Wigdor, who represents three of Weinstein's alleged victims, said the producer's cinematic accomplishments had rightly been overshadowed by his horrific actions.
Mr. Weinstein's latest public relations stunt on the eve of his criminal trial provides even more motivation to continue to prosecute the claims that will expose him for who he is, he said in a statement emailed to AFP.
Joseph Cabosky, a professor of public relations at the University of North Carolina, called Weinstein's interview terrible.
You have a right to tell your own story. But, if the best case scenario is you seem like a jerk who seems to have learned nothing but might be innocent, it might be best just to shut up, he said.