Ben Affleck, whose career began when he and Matt Damon made Miramax’s Good Will Hunting in 1997, has released a statement addressing news of over a dozen allegations of sexual harassment and assault by former Weinstein Company boss Harvey Weinstein. “I am saddened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over decades,†he wrote. “The additional allegations of assault that I read this morning made me sick.†Affleck’s statement comes on the heels of a report by ex–New York Times reporter Sharon Waxman that Damon (and, separately, Russell Crowe) personally called her about a story she was reporting about Miramax’s Italian head Fabrizio Lombardo, whom was allegedly hired “to take care of Weinstein’s women needs.â€
George Clooney is the only other major Hollywood actor to denounce Weinstein, in an interview with the Daily Beast.