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The Harvey Weinstein Story That Hasn’t Been Told

Actress Julia Ormond’s lawsuit against CAA raises troubling issues about the alleged enabling of abuse in the pre-#MeToo era—murkier, both legally and ethically—and the key subjects are Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, two of the most powerful agents in Hollywood.

British actress Julia Ormond sued the talent agency CAA for allegedly enabling Harvey Weinstein’s predatory abuse.
British actress Julia Ormond sued the talent agency CAA for allegedly enabling Harvey Weinstein’s predatory abuse. Photo: JP Yim/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
October 6, 2023

Man, CAA really fired back at Julia Ormond, the British actress who sued the agency yesterday claiming her reps in the ’90s not only knew Harvey Weinstein was a predator when they sent her alone into meetings with him, but actively discouraged her from reporting the inevitable gruesome assault by the now-convicted rapist. Along with a blanket denial, the agency revealed publicly that Ormond’s lawyers wanted $15 million to settle, which CAA “immediately rejected,” and hired the Paul Weiss law firm, a veteran of #MeToo work for Fox News and others, which conducted an “investigation” that found “nothing to support Ms. Ormond’s claims against CAA.” Okay, then! Please disperse, nothing to see here, right?