Mr. Weinstein’s pleas were for naught. On Sunday night, the Weinstein Company put out a statement saying he had been fired.

“In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days,” the statement said, he had been “terminated, effective immediately.” The action was taken by Bob Weinstein, the company’s co-chairman and Mr. Weinstein’s brother, and three other board members.

The firing was an escalation from Friday, when one-third of the company’s nine-member, all-male board resigned and four members who remained announced that Mr. Weinstein would take a leave of absence while an outside lawyer investigated the allegations. The accusations, which were uncovered in a New York Times investigation published on Thursday, stretched back decades and came from actresses, as well as former employees at the Weinstein Company and Miramax, the previous company founded by Mr. Weinstein and his brother.

Here is Mr. Weinstein’s full email: