Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday joined the growing number of people in and out of Hollywood outraged by the alleged abusive lechery of fallen movie maker Harvey Weinstein.
Five days after Weinstein was outed as a serial sexual abuser who paid off as many as eight women, the failed presidential candidate issued a cutting statement amid growing pressure to speak out about the Weinstein drama.
"I was shocked and appalled by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein," Clinton said in the three-sentence statement. "The behavior described by women coming forward cannot be tolerated. Their courage and the support of others is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior."
Weinstein, once one of the biggest players in the movie-making industry, was a strong political and financial supporter of Clinton, dating back to her first run for political office in 2000, when she campaigned for New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Weinstein offered similar support to her husband, former President Bill Clinton before that.
According to CNN, Weinstein raised about $1.5 million for the Clintons from 1990-2016, the station said, citing data from the campaign finance-tracking Center for Responsive Politics.
CNN said Weinstein was a bundler for Clinton's 2016 effort, including at a star-studded fund-raiser for Clinton in June 2016 at Weinstein's Manhattan home.
Weinstein has also made donations to the Clinton Foundation.
Clinton's statement made no mention of returning Weinstein's contributions.
Weinstein also backed former President Barack Obama.
Weinstein was accused last week of making unwanted sexual advances toward multiple women, including actress Ashley Judd, over the past three decades in a bombshell report by the New York Times.
Weinstein, 65, was fired Sunday by the board of directors of his production company, The Weinstein Company.
The man behind such hits as "Shakespeare in Love," "Pulp Fiction" and "Gangs of New York" tried to hang on to his position at the company he co-founded with a promise to reform, saying he was "remorseful about the people I hurt."
Even President Donald Trump, dogged during the campaign by his own issues involving gross disrespect for women, weighed in on the Weinstein drama.
"I've known Harvey Weinstein for a long time," Trump told reporters before Weinstein was fired. "I'm not at all surprised to see it."
