Rose McGowan v. Harvey Weinstein
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 10 11 ROSE MCGOWAN, Case № 2:19-cv-09105-ODW (GJSx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v.
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
14 HARVEY WEINSTEIN et al., MOTIONS TO DISMISS [34] [35] [43] Defendants. [48]
16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Rose McGowan is an artist and activist who has starred in feature films 19 and acclaimed television shows. (Compl. ¶ 10, ECF No. 1.) She has also gained 20 recognition for her work in exposing sexual assault and harassment in the media 21 industry. (Id.) Her published memoir, Brave, details how Defendant Harvey 22 Weinstein raped McGowan many years ago. (Id. ¶¶ 6, 17.) This case concerns 23 Defendants’1 alleged efforts to prevent McGowan from publicly disclosing in Brave 24 that Weinstein raped her. (Id. ¶ 7.) Presently before the Court are four motions to dismiss the Complaint 26 (collectively, the “Motions”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6), 27 1…