On Thursday, Rose McGowan accused Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos of “funding rapists, alleged pedos and sexual harassers,” pointing to the Seattle-headquartered technology firm’s film and television production operations.
Amazon Studios produces miniseries and films for its online streaming service.
McGowan published a series of tweets on her Twitter profile claiming to have detailed her experiences with Harvey Weinstein — in which she accused the film mogul of raping her — to the head of Amazon Studios:
Amazon Studios pursued a joint project with Weinstein despite her “forcefully begging” the film studio not to, claimed McGowan:
Via Twitter on Tuesday, McGowan accused Ben Affleck of falsely claiming ignorance with respect to Weinstein’s alleged sexual improprieties and crimes:
According to McGowan, Twitter subsequently suspended her Twitter account, describing the actress as having violated “Twitter Rules”:
Weinstein and Bezos are long-time Democrats who have given millions to left-wing causes.
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Jeff Bezos, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., left, arrives for a morning session with Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman and founder of Weinstein Co., at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Media executives are gathering at Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley conference this week looking to shed assets such as the Hulu LLC video website and G4 game channel amid a declining global stock market and slowing economic growth.
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