Weinstein Faces New Accuser, Loses Adviser

By Michael Harthorne

October 8, 2017

Harvey Weinstein has already lost at least one adviser as he faces accusations of sexual misconduct dating back years, Variety reports. 

Attorney Lisa Bloom, who defended Weinstein to the New York Times on Thursday by calling him "an old dinosaur learning new ways," tweeted her resignation as his adviser on Saturday. 

Bloom, who made her career on defending women and represented a number of Bill O'Reilly's alleged victims, was called a hypocrite for her defense of Weinstein. Bloom's own mother, famed attorney Gloria Allred, said she would not have accepted a job defending the Hollywood producer. Sources say another of Weinstein's advisers, Lanny Davis, has also resigned.

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