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Article snippet: PARIS — The sexual abuse scandal surrounding the powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has reverberated around the globe, with actors and politicians in Europe condemning his actions and the British film academy suspending his membership on Wednesday. Britain’s Labour Party members called for the mogul to be stripped of a ceremonial honor that Queen Elizabeth II bestowed on him in 2004. And the Cannes Film Festival, where Mr. Weinstein has been a familiar face for decades, denounced the producer, saying, “These actions point to a pattern of behavior.” More than 20 women — including the Italian actress Asia Argento, the French actress Judith Godrèche and the Filipina-Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez — have accused Mr. Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault. A New York Times investigation found several who said he had attacked them or made unsavory advances in venues like The Savoy in London and the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on the French Riviera. The Times revealed that he had paid off accusers for decades, and several women interviewed by The New Yorker accused him of rape. The women’s accounts are broadly similar: They said Mr. Weinstein would invite them to meetings in offices or hotel rooms, where he would appear naked or in a bathrobe, asking them to exchange massages, have sex or watch him masturbate. On Sunday, after a third of the all-male board of his namesake production company resigned, Mr. Weinstein was fired. But anger has continued to sp... Link to the full article to read more