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Segal says the propositions began in June 2016. They stopped a few months later only after Segel’s lawyer gave Weinstein Co. executives an ultimatum that Segel would leave the show if Weinstein persisted.

Attorney Bert Fields says Variety’s story is “riddled with false and misleading assertions by Miss Segal.” Fields adds that he’s known Weinstein for “many years” and that he’s “the last guy that would be involved in any form of sexual harassment.”

Spike says the network takes all allegations of this nature very seriously and is investigating.

After reports of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein were published, Bob Weinstein called the behaviour “depraved” and claimed he had no idea about the “type of predator” his brother was. “I have a brother that’s indefensible and crazy … I want him to get the justice that he deserves,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.