In December 2017, Jackson revealed in an interview that Weinstein had warned him against working with Judd and fellow actress Mira Sorvino as they “were a nightmare to work with and we should avoid them at all costs.”

“At the time, we had no reason to question what these guys were telling us — but in hindsight, I realise that this was very likely the Miramax smear campaign in full swing,” Jackson said. “I now suspect we were fed false information about both of these talented women — and as a direct result their names were removed from our casting list.”

According to Reuters, US district judge Philip Gutierrez added to his ruling on Wednesday 9 January that he was not determining whether Judd was sexually harassed by Weinstein or not “in the colloquial sense of the term”. He added that Judd’s relationship as an actress with the writer-producer was not included in the California statute she had sued under.

Ashley Judd’s case against Harvey Weinstein has been dismissed, but it’s not the end