Real Estate

Harvey Weinstein's Amagansett Home Sells For $10M

The sale comes after movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired during a firestorm of sexual harassment allegations in October.

AMAGANSETT, NY — The Amagansett home belonging to Harvey Weinstein has reportedly been sold for $10 million.

According to the report of the sale in Newsday, which said property records indicated the $10 million sale, the film producer's 7-bedroom abode, previously owned by producer and director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Roy Furman, was purchased under Taisho Holdings LLC.

Weinstein, the movie mogul behind Miramax and The Weinstein Company, was fired from the company he co-founded during a firestorm of sexual harassment allegations in October.

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Within hours of Harvey Weinstein's ousting, A-list celebrities and aspiring actresses came forward in October with allegations of sexual harassment and rape at the hands of one of the most powerful people in Hollywood.

Soon after the scandal broke, Weinstein's home was yanked off the market in Amagansett, according to a post on Realtor.com.

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According to Realtor.com, in July, Weinstein and estranged wife Georgina Chapman relisted their gated, 9,000-square-foot mansion for $12.4 million. The home was originally listed for $13.5 million in 2016, the post says.

Weinstein and Chapman originally listed the home because they said they weren't getting out to the East End as much as they would have liked, according to Realtor.com. They purchased the home for $11.65 million in 2014, the post said.

The extraordinary home was built in 1995 by filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld and includes a theater with a 20-foot-wide screen for 3-D movie display, the Realtor.com article says.

Photo courtesy Realtor.com.

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