Jill Messick: family blame Harvey Weinstein stress for producer’s suicide

Relatives say Messick was ‘collateral damage’ in clash between Weinstein and accuser Rose McGowan

Jill Messick
Messick and fellow producer Brad Grey at the premiere of Hot Rod in 2007
(Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Hollywood producer Jill Messick, who committed suicide earlier this week, became “collateral damage” in a public row between Harvey Weinstein and accuser Rose McGowan, her family have said.

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