Disney still paying Harvey Weinstein $60,000 a year, he says

Harvey Weinstein says Disney continues to pay him $60,000 a year while he is incarcerated and that the company cut off his insurance. The claim appears in a wide-ranging interview he gave to The Hollywood Reporter, which touches on the reporter’s experiences at Rikers Island, Weinstein’s health and his daily life as an inmate.

“Disney cut off my insurance,” Weinstein complained. “You know how much I made for that company? Back at Talk Books, the editor, Jonathan Burnham, found Artemis Fowl, which sold 21 million copies. We bought Percy Jackson, which sold 200 million copies. I earned $1 billion in publishing off that one book.

You know what my pension is from Disney? $60,000 a year. I earned billions and billions for Disney and they give me $60,000 a year. And my ex-wife Eve takes half of it.” Disney purchased Miramax in 1993 for an estimated $60–$80 million, acquiring a library of roughly 200 titles.

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