Rose McGowan: Weinstein 'could be one of the biggest serial rapists in history'

The actor and activist said her own allegations against Weinstein would not go to court as the statute of limitations had passed

Rose McGowan has described Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction as a watershed moment and claimed that he "could be one of the biggest serial rapists in history".

McGowan, who emerged as one of the most high-profile figures in efforts to expose Weinstein after the New York Times reported in 2017 that she had received $100,000 from Weinstein as a settlement over an alleged rape in 1997. It is one of a string of instances in which women are believed to have received payments.