Actress and activist Rose McGowan has accused California Governor Gavin Newsom’s spouse of attempting to persuade her to not go public with the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse story. She is going to element the allegations on Sunday.
Newsom’s chief rival, Republican Occasion candidate Larry Elder, mentioned he and McGowan will maintain a press convention on Sunday afternoon, throughout which McGowan will element how
“Gavin Newsom’s spouse, Jennifer, tried to bribe and silence her from talking out about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuses.”
“The time for radical change is now,” the actress wrote on Twitter after the announcement.
The time for radical change is now https://t.co/O90IDkm80N
— Rose ?McGowan (@rosemcgowan) September 12, 2021
The occasion is scheduled to happen two days earlier than the recall election, during which Elder hopes to unseat Newsom, who has been governing California since 2019.
McGowan, who has harshly criticized each Republican and Democrat figures up to now, first made allegations about Newsom’s spouse in an interview with political commentator and discuss present host Dave Rubin earlier this week.
She claimed Jennifer Siebel Newsom wished to arrange a gathering along with her and later referred to as her on behalf of Weinstein’s lawyer, David Boies, trying to persuade McGowan to not go public with sexual abuse accusations in opposition to Weinstein.
In line with McGowan, the decision occurred in 2017, six months earlier than The New York Occasions ran a narrative during which dozens of girls, together with McGowan, accused Weinstein of rape and sexual assault. The accusations spearheaded the #MeToo motion and led to a felony investigation of Weinstein. The once-powerful Hollywood mogul was finally sentenced to 23 years in jail final yr.
“Keep in mind if you @JenSiebelNewsom requested me on behalf of Weinstein’s gross lawyer ‘What it could take to make me completely happy?’ Gavin Newsom’s spouse has some explaining to do,” McGowan tweeted after the interview with Rubin. She referred to as on Californians to vote for Elder as a substitute of Newsom.
The actress posted screenshots of what she mentioned have been emails despatched by Siebel Newsom. In line with the screenshots, the governor’s spouse supposedly acknowledged that one among her prolonged relations works on the identical regulation agency as Boies, however referred to as the accusations of her being in cahoots with Boies “loopy.”
“I need us to heal as a tradition and so I requested Rose ‘what if something Boies might do for her that will assist her to heal’ after which I assumed I might current that to my brother in regulation to take to Boies,” the e-mail purportedly despatched by Siebel Newsom learn.
The e-mail additionally appeared to counsel McGowan’s allegations in opposition to Siebel Newsom stemmed from “unresolved trauma,” and Siebel Newsom was made into “the scapegoat.”
Governor @GavinNewsom Your spouse @JenSiebelNewsom infiltrated a Weinstein sufferer group. What scum you two are. My favourite is ‘no good deed goes unpunished’ particularly as a result of her good deed was an tried repay to purchase my silence. #recallnewsom #EvilLives #Lizards pic.twitter.com/eReDVXhBDW
— Rose ?McGowan (@rosemcgowan) September 10, 2021
In a press release to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Siebel Newsom dismissed the allegations as a “full fabrication.”
Opponents have criticized Newsom for imposing a harsh lockdown final yr when the state was first hit by Covid-19. The governor was later pressured to apologize for attending a packed birthday celebration at a luxurious restaurant in November at a time when he and his administration have been asking Californians to chorus from household gatherings on Thanksgiving.
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