Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of the royal honour of CBE awarded to him in January 2004 following his conviction for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an actress.
The 68-year-old former producer was convicted earlier this year and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
The developments had prompted demands in the island country that his royal honour be cancelled.
“The Queen has directed that the appointment of Harvey Weinstein to be an Honorary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 29 January 2004, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order,” said The Gazette, the official public record, in a notification on Weinstein.
Although removal of official U.K. honors is rare, it can take place where the holder has brought the honors system “into disrepute.”
