Georgina Chapman has reportedly purchased a property in Westchester as her disgraced media mogul estranged husband, Harvey Weinstein, faces multiple charges for rape and sexual misconduct in New York.
Chapman hasn’t closed on the property in Westchester County yet, but the residence is located in an A-list celebrity neighborhood, sources told PageSix.
When the allegations against Weinstein first became public in a series of exposes in the New York Times and The New Yorker, Chapman said it took about two days for the scandal to sink in.
The British fashion designer fled to Los Angeles and eventually back to London where her parents live. The purchase of her new home will mark her return to New York since the allegations surfaced last year.
Georgina Chapman (left, right with Weinstein) has reportedly purchased a property in Westchester as her disgraced media mogul estranged husband, Harvey Weinstein, faces multiple charges for rape and sexual misconduct in New York
Meanwhile, Weinstein (pictured on Friday)was charged with rape and a sex crime in New York on Friday, in what was hailed a landmark for the #MeToo movement, nearly eight months after his career imploded in a blaze of accusations of misconduct
Chapman, 42, who has filed for divorce from Weinstein, told Vogue earlier this month that she has moments of rage about her estranged husband’s behavior and now cries for the couple’s two children.
‘There was a part of me that was terribly naive – clearly, so naive,’ Chapman said. ‘I have moments of rage, I have moments of confusion, I have moments of disbelief!’
She said at the time that she worries mostly about their children – India, 7, and Dashiell, 5 – and the effect the scandal will have on them.
Chapman also said that she was never suspicious about Weinstein’s behavior.
Chapman hasn’t closed on the property in Westchester County yet, but the residence is located in an A-list celebrity neighborhood
‘Absolutely not. Never’. She added that he frequently traveled for work and she had never obsessed about where he was.
‘That’s what makes this so incredibly painful. I had what I thought was a very happy marriage. I loved my life.’
Their six-story home in New York’s West Village, which has recently been sold for $25.6million, has now been stripped of anything Weinstein-related, Vogue reporter Jonathan Van Meter noted.
Chapman and Weinstein reached a divorce agreement back in January. The prenuptial agreement she signed will reportedly pay her out between $15 and $20million after 10 years of marriage.
She will also get custody of their daughter and son.
Meanwhile, Weinstein was charged with rape and a sex crime in New York on Friday, in what was hailed a landmark for the #MeToo movement, nearly eight months after his career imploded in a blaze of accusations of misconduct.
The former mogul – once the toast of Hollywood, whose films won scores of Oscars -smirked as he was escorted into a Manhattan courtroom in handcuffs to face the first criminal charges lodged against him.
Weinstein, a 66-year-old twice-married father of five, was charged with rape in the first and third degrees, stemming from an attack on a woman in 2013, and a criminal sex act against another woman in 2004. Neither victim was named.
‘Today’s charges reflect significant progress in this active, ongoing investigation,’ said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, thanking ‘brave survivors’ for coming forward and urging others to call a sex crimes hotline.
Chapman, 42, who has filed for divorce from Weinstein (pictured together in February 2017), said earlier this month that she has moments of rage about her estranged husband’s behavior and now cries for the couple’s two children
Weinstein, a 66-year-old twice-married father of five, was charged with rape in the first and third degrees, stemming from an attack on a woman in 2013, and a criminal sex act against another woman in 2004. Neither victim was named
Standing alongside his defense attorney, Weinstein looked glum during the brief arraignment, agreeing to post bail at $1million cash, surrender his passport and be fitted with a GPS monitoring device.
Nearly 100 women have now accused Weinstein of crimes ranging from sexual harassment to assault and rape going back decades.
New York authorities have been investigating the disgraced producer for months, under growing pressure from Hollywood actresses to bring him to justice, and their probes are ongoing.
Weinstein already faces a slew of civil lawsuits, is reportedly under federal investigation, and his former studio has filed for bankruptcy. But these were the first criminal charges against Weinstein.
Defense attorney Ben Brafman told reporters that his client would plead not guilty and still denied any non-consensual sexual activity.
‘We intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges,’ Brafman said.
‘Bad behavior is not on trial,’ he added. ‘Mr Weinstein did not invent the casting couch in Hollywood.’
His case was adjourned until July 30.
The former studio boss surrendered to police shortly before 7.30am wearing a white shirt, pale blue sweater and dark blazer, as dozens of television cameras and photographers mobbed the street outside.
Nearly 100 women have now accused Weinstein of crimes ranging from sexual harassment to assault and rape going back decades
New York authorities have been investigating the disgraced producer for months, under growing pressure from Hollywood actresses to bring him to justice, and their probes are ongoing
He walked into the station clutching several books, apparently including the Rodgers and Hammerstein biography ‘Something Wonderful’ and a volume on late director Elia Kazan.
He left handcuffed, without the books, after his mugshots and fingerprints were taken.
Police said he was ‘arrested, processed and charged with rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct’.
Out on bail, Weinstein’s travel will be restricted to New York and the neighboring state of Connecticut.
Former actress Lucia Evans, who said Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him in 2004, is thought to be one of the women whose cases triggered the New York charges.
New York police previously confirmed another credible rape allegation after ‘Boardwalk Empire’ actress Paz de la Huerta accused the former producer of raping her twice at her New York apartment in late 2010.
Defense attorney Ben Brafman told reporters that his client would plead not guilty and still denied any non-consensual sexual activity
Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie are among more than two dozen actresses who say they were sexually harassed by the producer. A few, including Asia Argento and Rose McGowan, said they were raped
Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie are among more than two dozen actresses who say they were sexually harassed by the producer.
A few, including Asia Argento and Rose McGowan, said they were raped.
‘I have to admit I didn’t think I would see the day that he would have handcuffs on him,’ McGowan told ABC..
‘Today Harvey Weinstein will take his first step on his inevitable descent to hell. We, the women, finally have real hope for justice,’ tweeted Argento.
The Time’s Up anti-harassment movement said the producer ‘shattered the lives of an untold number of women,’ adding that it looked ‘forward to seeing justice prevail’.
The #MeToo movement has seen people around the world come forward with cases of sexual mistreatment, leading to the downfall of powerful men across industries, including Oscar winner Kevin Spacey and former Today host Matt Lauer.
Weinstein has reportedly spent months in treatment for sex addiction.
Experts warn that any trial — let alone a criminal conviction — would still be a long way off.
Sexual assault cases, particularly those that allegedly happened years ago, are notoriously difficult to prosecute and often lack substantive forensic evidence.
Weinstein’s lawyer is one of America’s most celebrated criminal defense attorneys.
His past clients include former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who escaped criminal prosecution for alleged sexual assault in 2011.