Posted on 06/07/2022 2:02:26 PM PDT by algore
Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein is suing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for $5 million plus interest over a 2019 crash in which he flipped a Jeep Wrangler while trying to avoid a deer.
Lawyers for the now-incarcerated mogul filed the suit in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday, claiming the car company provided him with an 'unreasonably dangerous' car in exchange for product placement in one of his films.
Then when he was driving in suburban Bedford, New York on August 17, 2019, his 2017 his 2017 Jeep Wrangler 'failed to decelerate despite Weinstein's application of the vehicle's braking system' as he approached a deer.
He then reportedly swerved to avoid the deer, the lawsuit claims, causing the vehicle to flip over - leaving him 'catastrophically injured and rendered paralyzed' and with 'significant and continuing conscious pain and suffering.'
Weinstein, 70, underwent back surgery that December, and was seen hunched over a walker as he stood trial in New York for sexual assault.
He now claims in the court documents that Chrysler executives were negligent in the crash, writing that they failed to inspect, maintain and repair the Jeep before the crash - about 40 miles north of Manhattan.
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault and rape as he also awaits trial in Los Angeles on other alleged sex crimes from 2004 to 2013.
He has pleaded not guilty to those charges, and has denied any non-consensual sexual encounters.
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They’re not stupid, they’re evil. They know exactly who they married.
It doesn’t have to be an either-or equation.
My suspicion is he faked the whole thing to delay his trial.
I always liked that one, too. Another good one: "Honk if you love peace and quiet!"
Another sticker on the same pickup truck:
“Chick Magnet”
Given the era, his tastes and the seaside location I’m surprised he didn’t have this one ...
“Scuba Divers Do It Deeper”
“Visualize Whirled Peas!” :)
He swerved and flipped a wrangler. Easy to do. Maybe someone “special” sabotaged the brakes on this special loaner vehicle.
Did he injure his willy?
Must’ve been going to fast
“My suspicion is he faked the whole thing to delay his trial.”
My first thought as well. But why involve a big company with deep pockets and a need to prove you faked it? Pretty stupid. But, then, he’s a Hollywood type and, on average, they come across as astonishingly unconnected with how the real world works. Bakes, for example only fail when the script requires it. That’s why present day movies are so bad. Stuff happens not because the story set it up to be inevitable, but because that’s what the director wanted. So just write it in. We’ll fix it in the editing room.
First rule of a roadway deer encounter: hit the deer, don’t swerve to try to miss it. Sorry but that’s the way it is.
I think if I was on the jury, he’d have to prove that that particular Jeep had brake problems.
Good Jeep!
He picked the wrong vehicle that’s for sure. Because of the sheer nature of what jeeps are designed to do (go off road and climb hills etc.) Braking is critical.
When’s the last time you heard of a vehicle having brake failure?
That’s the MAIN safety system on any vehicle.
I suspect if this even happened at all he panicked and hit the accelerator by mistake.
From what little research I did there are no brake related recalls on that year/model jeep.
Sure he swerved to avoid a deer.
And who’s going to prove otherwise?
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