Rose McGowan’s former manager Jill Messick recently committed suicide, her family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter Thursday. She was 50 years old.
The family said the veteran studio executive and producer had been privately battling depression for many years and blasted McGowan and Harvey Weinstein in a statement calling her death “collateral damage” in their public feud.
Messick worked as an executive producer for Miramax from 1997 to 2003. She was also McGowan’s manager in 1997, the time frame when the actress has alleged that Weinstein raped her.
“Jill was victimized by our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact. The speed of disseminating information has carried mistruths about Jill as a person, which she was unable and unwilling to challenge,” a statement from the family to the outlet read. “She became collateral damage in an already horrific story.”
“Jill believed in the Movement. She supported every woman finally coming forward to share their dark truths and expose those who had committed previously unspeakable deeds,” it added. “She was loyal. She was strong. Jill was many things, but she was not a liar.”
“Over the past few months, many women have come out with allegations against Harvey Weinstein, including Rose McGowan, who has repeatedly spoken with the press, striking out against not only her alleged attacker, but a great many others,” the statement continued. “One of them was Jill, who chose to remain silent in the face of Rose’s slanderous statements against her for fear of undermining the many individuals who came forward in truth. She opted not to add to the feeding frenzy, allowing her name and her reputation to be sullied despite having done nothing wrong. She never chose to be a public figure; that choice was taken away from her.” – READ MORE
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