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    Jill Messick, Hollywood Producer Embroiled In Weinstein Scandal, Dies By Suicide

    Messick had been a manager for actress Rose McGowan in 1997, when McGowan says Weinstein raped her. "She became collateral damage in an already horrific story," the family says.
    by Scott Neuman Feb 09, 2018 1 minute
    Jill Messick, at the premiere of <em>Hot Rod</em> in Los Angeles in 2007, "was victimized by our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact," her family said.

    Veteran Hollywood producer Jill Messick, who in recent months found herself caught in the middle of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, has killed herself, her family said in a statement. She was 50.

    Messick had been a manager for Rose McGowan in 1997,

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