Rose McGowan Cancels Film Festival Appearance

Charmed star Rose McGowan has been in the headlines since she helped start the uproar that brought down disgraced movie producer and alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein. Now McGowan is citing "compounding factors" from that uproar in her decision to cancel a planned appearance at a film festival in Kansas. There was no clarification about what, exactly, those factors are.

Via Page Six.

Actress Rose McGowan — who has accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of raping her — has canceled her public appearances at a Kansas film festival because of “compounding factors” arising from the allegations, according to reports.

The 44-year-old actress was scheduled to receive an Ad Astra Award at the Tallgrass Film Festival on Thursday, but the organizers announced she would not be attending.

The “Scream: The TV Series” star was to be honored for her directorial debut in the 2014 short “Dawn.”

“We are sorry to announce that we’ve just been informed that Rose McGowan has canceled all upcoming public appearances due to compounding factors surrounding recent revelations in the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case,” the festival said in a statement.

“While we’re disappointed that Rose cannot be here with us in person, we understand that her well being is the priority. We support her and our thoughts are with her. We’ll seize this opportunity to amplify her message and celebrate all the women filmmakers with works here at the 15th annual festival,” Tallgrass creative director Lela Meadow-Conner said.

A panel of filmmakers — called “#WokeWomen: A Candid Conversation with Tallgrass’ Female Filmmakers – were scheduled to appear instead of McGowan, according to People magazine.

“The whole world is now aware, in large part due to Rose’s efforts, about the rampant sexual harassment within the entertainment industry, and so in her honor, we have pulled together a panel of women filmmakers who will be attending the festival with their films, for a frank conversation, because the message doesn’t stop here,” Meadow-Conner said.

McGowan, who accused the disgraced movie mogul of raping her in 1997, has been at the forefront of efforts to change the culture of silence around sexual abuse in Hollywood.

She was paid $100,000 to drop sexual harassment claims against the pervy producer, according to the New York Times.

Twitter temporarily suspended her account recently for violating its rules after she lashed out at Ben Affleck, who she said was aware of the Weinstein’s behavior.

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