A day after Meryl Streep declared she was unaware that producer Harvey Weinstein had allegedly raped Rose McGowan in the 1990s, a slew of posters claiming “She knew” have appeared in the streets around Streep’s home.
The posters, anonymously plastered to transformer boxes near Streep’s Pasadena residence, feature a black-and-white photo of the lauded film icon standing next to Weinstein. The “She knew” slogan is plastered over her eyes on a red banner, in the style of Barbra Kruger.
The images, which have also been spotted at other locations in Los Angeles, appear to have a QR code linking to a Bitcoin wallet.
Meryl Streep is seemingly being depicted as a Harvey Weinstein enabler by anonymous L.A. street artists https://t.co/YkKvnjDAUc pic.twitter.com/rtJVa1s6l0
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 19, 2017
Responding earlier this week to McGowan’s claim that Streep remained silent about Weinstein’s alleged misconduct before it made international headlines, Streep said “I want to let her know I did not know about Weinstein’s crimes, not in the 90s when he attacked her, or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others.
“I wasn’t deliberately silent. I didn’t know. I don’t tacitly approve of rape. I didn’t know. I don’t like young women being assaulted. I didn’t know this was happening.”
McGowan also slammed the plan for actresses including Streep to wear black dresses at the Golden Globes in January as a form of protest. In turn, Streep offered to engage in a dialogue with McGowan; after that statement, McGowan retracted her statement making reference to the protest.
Streep has previously been criticised for delivering a standing ovation for director Roman Polanski at the 2003 Academy Awards, despite being charged in 1977 for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
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