five years after a pair of exposes revealed harvey weinsteins long trail of sexual abuse of women she said a film that dramatizes the dogged fight to uncover years of allegations against the movie mogul premiered thursday at the new york film festival the film stars carey mulligan and zoe kazan as new york times reporters megan twoheyand jodi kantor who helped uncover the many allegations against weinsteinread alsoharvey weinstein sex assault trial to open in los angelesthe 70yearold pulp fiction producer is already serving 23 years in jail in new york after being convicted there of a series of sex crimes he now faces 11 more charges including sexual battery by restraint forcible rape and forcible oral copulation against women in beverly hills and los angelescuba gooding jr pleads guilty avoids criminal record in manhattan sexual abuse caseactor cuba gooding jr pleaded guilty on thursday to a single count of harassment under an agreement with prosecutors sparing him any jail time while disposing of a criminal case that stemmed from allegations by several women of sexual misconductbrad pitt will keep responses to abuse allegations from exwife angelina jolie in court lawyerbrad pitts lawyer said thursday that he will continue to respond in court to allegations from exwife angelina jolie that he abused her and choked one of their children on a flight in 2016 saying he has taken responsibility for his actual actions but not aspects of her story that are not truewhen news of their impending report was first leaked by variety weinstein at the time commented the story sounds so good i want to buy the movie rights instead the movie that would become she said was adapted from twohey and kantors 2019 book about the investigation it unspooled thursday at lincoln centers alice tully hall with numerous women who came forward to tell their story in attendance including ashley judd weinstein meanwhile is currently being tried in los angeles for 11 counts of rape and sexual assault he has pled not guilty the 70yearold weinstein is currently serving a 23year prison sentence after being convicted in 2020 for committing a criminal sexual act and thirddegree rape one of the loudest of the films numerous standing ovations was for judd whose ontherecord account led the times first report and whose bravery emboldened many others to speak out other women who came forward were also in the audience judd plays herself in the film i just want to remember when i was speaking to my mother about all this she said oh you go get em honey judd said in an onstage conversation following the film recalling that her father was with her after her 1996 meeting with weinstein at the peninsula beverly hills hotel when i came down from the hotel room he knew something devastating had just happened to me by the look on my face it was very validating that someone finally wanted to listen and do something about it judd added the film was