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Lower East Side’s Downtime Bar Is Under Fire for Hosting Harvey Weinstein at Young Actors Event | Eater NY

"I saw Yelp users flooding the Lower East Side venue with one-star reviews after reports that women were thrown out for confronting Harvey Weinstein during an artists-only event; the bar had hosted an event meant to support up-and-coming artists, and when Weinstein was spotted three women confronted him — two of them were eventually kicked out, according to reports. The backlash includes calls to boycott and at least one reviewer uploading a photo of Weinstein’s alleged victims; viral videos show comedian Kelly Bachman being booed and told to “shut up” when she called Weinstein “Freddy Krueger,” actor Zoe Stuckless pointing and yelling “Nobody’s really going to say anything?” before being kicked out, and attendee Amber Rollo tweeting she was thrown out after calling him a “monster” and saying “he should disappear.” Actors Hour said it did not invite Weinstein (an Instagram post since taken down), and Downtime Bar released a statement saying Actors Hour rented the bar for a private event with its own guest list." - Carla Vianna