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Harvey Weinstein hired Black Cube to block New York Times article, jury hears

Israeli private detective firm employed by mogul to try to foil publication of sexual misconduct allegations, New York court told

The jury in the New York rape trial of Harvey Weinstein has heard that the once-powerful movie mogul employed the Israeli private investigation firm Black Cube to try to squash a New York Times article that blew the lid on sexual misconduct allegations against him and sparked the #MeToo movement.

Dev Sen, a corporate lawyer at the prestigious New York law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, told the court that his company had acted as go-between connecting the beleaguered movie producer to Black Cube. The private detective firm has a staff largely consisting of alumni of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/36GorJl

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