Harvey Weinstein Was 'Banned' for Life from Vanity Fair Oscars Party Before His Downfall for This Reason

Harvey Weinstein was permanently banned from the Vanity Fair Oscars party long before his controversies.

In Graydon Carter's new memoir When the Going Was Good, which is now out, the outlet's former editor-in-chief wrote that Weinstein, 73, was the only person banned from the party for life after he "regularly showed up with more guests than his invitation indicated and would bully the staff."

Carter wrote that when he originally confronted the former producer, he threatened to bar Weinstein forever if he continued to behave rudely toward his employees.

"It was both the correct thing to do and a foolish gesture, in that he was certifiably the reigning producer in Hollywood at the time and he could tell the stars in his films to give us a wide berth on Oscar night," Carter wrote.

Elsewhere in the book, Carter described banning Weinstein from all Vanity Fair events for life after he "lashed out at" Sara Marks, the party's lead organizer.

In an interview with Page Six published on March 23, Carter opened up about the new book and Weinstein's ban from the events. “He got banned from everything because he was rude to the staff and I didn’t like that,” Carter said.

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Weinstein was later ousted from the entertainment industry entirely and is currently serving a criminal sentence for his 2022 convictions for sex crimes charges in California. He was separately convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York in 2020, but those convictions were overturned in April 2024.

Weinstein's lawyer Imran H. Ansari told reporters in December 2024 that Weinstein is being "completely mistreated" during his incarceration at Riker's Island jail. The former movie producer was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in fall 2024.