Israeli private detective firm employed by mogul to try to foil publication of sexual misconduct allegations,
New York court told
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The jury in the New York rape trial of
Harvey Weinstein has heard that the once-powerful movie mogul employed the
Israeli private investigation firm Black Cube to try to squash a New York Times article that blew the lid on sexual misconduct allegations against him and sparked the #MeToo movement.
Dev Sen, a corporate lawyer at the prestigious New York law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, told the court that his company had acted as go-between connecting the beleaguered movie producer to Black Cube. The private detective firm has a staff largely consisting of alumni of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.