Jennifer Lawrence Blasts Harvey

Jennifer Lawrence is joining Meryl Streep in condemning Harvey Weinstein for dragging her into his lawsuit.

“Harvey Weinstein and his company are continuing to do what they have always done which is to take things out of context and use them for their own benefit,” says Lawrence in a statement from London, where her Red Sparrow is opening. “This is what predators do, and it must stop.

• “For the record, while I was not victimized personally by Harvey Weinstein, I stand behind the women who have survived his terrible abuse and I applaud them in using all means necessary to bring him to justice whether through criminal or civil actions. Time’s up.”
• The disgraced movie mogul is attempting to have a class action lawsuit on behalf of all the women who worked with him thrown out, claiming that Lawrence and Streep both spoke highly of him.
• Streep fired back Wednesday, saying: “Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys use of my (true) statement – that he was not sexually transgressive or physically abusive in our business relationship – as evidence that he was not abusive with many OTHER women is pathetic and exploitive. The criminal actions he is accused of conducting on the bodies of these women are his responsibility, and if there is any justice left in the system he will pay for them – regardless of how many good movies, made by many good people, Harvey was lucky enough to have acquired or financed.”

HARVEY WEINSTEIN APOLOGIZES
Meanwhile, Weinstein has apologized for using statements made by Streep and Lawrence in his defense in a sexual misconduct class action suit. “Mr. Weinstein acknowledges the valuable input both Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence have contributed to this conversation and apologizes. Moving forward, Mr. Weinstein has advised his counsel to not include specific names of former associates; and to avoid whenever possible, even if they are in the public record,” his reps said.