Nope, and I am surprised that Webster did. I mean, damn, Web, what’s up with that?
SEX CRIMES PROSECUTOR LINDA FAIRSTEIN VOUCHED FOR WEINSTEIN IN MODEL GROPE CASE (sought movie deal)
Fairstein — a novelist, wrote a 2007 Vanity Fair column about wanting to make a movie with Weinstein — defended her decision to suck-up——to work for Weinstein by vouching for defense lawyer Elkan Abramowitz. The Times didn’t detail Fairstein’s consulting deal, but said Fairstein didn’t believe the allegation against Weinstein.
The author’s stint as a top sex-crimes prosecutor helped inspire Law & Order: SVU and launched her writing career. But a movie deal was still just a dream. Then she got the call from Harvey Weinstein’s office.
FAIRSTEIN: As much as I wanted to tell my good friends about how close I was to clinching a movie deal with Harvey Weinstein, I decided not to say anything at all. It’s not as though we had hammered out terms or drawn up a contract, but I was truly optimistic that by the time our lunch was over we’d seal things with a handshake.
Writers are an odd bunch. I knew that some of my pals would be happy for me, but that others have a bit of an attitude about the book-to-movie plan. I’ve written nine crime novels. I’ve made the New York Times best-seller list and been translated into more than a dozen languages. I’ve dreamed about the movie deal. I’ve cast the central characters scores of times. I’ve even spent the proceeds.
For 30 years, I worked in the Office of the New York County District Attorney. I ran the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit for 25 years, investigating and trying many of the worst rapists and murderers in the city—and some of the most high-profile cases in Manhattan. Screenwriters and producers courted me regularly, having actors shadow me at trial to snag an air of authenticity for movies such as The Accused and Presumed Innocent. When Dick Wolf created Law & Order: SVU, he ripped my professional life from the headlines, along with the cases.
I’ve been waiting for my own movie deal since I tapped my first fictional strokes on the keyboard.