A Harvey Weinstein Operative Played Another Role - WSJ: “Diana Filip,” Israeli undercover operative, meet “Diana Ilic.”
A private investigator reported to be working undercover on behalf of film mogul Harvey Weinstein was identified by two people as the same woman that The Wall Street Journal reported over the summer had used a different alias to wring information out of a critic of a large U.S. insurer.
The woman in the Journal article had given her name as “Diana Ilic.” The New Yorker, in an article published�Monday�about Mr. Weinstein’s use of private investigators to counter probes into his alleged sexual abuse, named “Diana Filip” as a pseudonym used by an operative for Black Cube, an Israeli investigative firm.
The Journal, in its August article, published surveillance photos of the mystery woman, captured during a July dinner near Philadelphia with an analyst for a research firm critical of the New York-based insurer, AmTrust Financial Services Inc. AFSI -5.50%
It’s “the same woman,” said actress Rose McGowan, through her publicist. Ms. McGowan has said Mr. Weinstein raped her. According to the New Yorker, Ms. McGowan met multiple times with “Diana Filip,” the Black Cube operative, who was posing as a sympathetic London-based women’s rights activist and who secretly recorded the actress.
Ms. McGowan made the identification after seeing photos of “Diana Ilic” obtained by the Journal.
An AmTrust spokeswoman didn’t respond to questions sent�Tuesday�about Ms. McGowan’s identifying “Diana Ilic” as the same woman the New Yorker said was operating for Black Cube. AmTrust has said it hired Black Cube to investigate a former Italian business partner, but it has denied hiring the firm or any private investigators to probe its U.S. critics.
In a statement, Black Cube said it is company policy “to never discuss its clients with any third party,” adding that it “applies high moral standards to its work” and operates within the law. Launched in 2011, the firm describes itself as “a select group of veterans from the Israeli elite intelligence units that specializes in tailored solutions to complex business and litigation challenges.”
A private investigator reported to be working undercover on behalf of film mogul Harvey Weinstein was identified by two people as the same woman that The Wall Street Journal reported over the summer had used a different alias to wring information out of a critic of a large U.S. insurer.
The woman in the Journal article had given her name as “Diana Ilic.” The New Yorker, in an article published�Monday�about Mr. Weinstein’s use of private investigators to counter probes into his alleged sexual abuse, named “Diana Filip” as a pseudonym used by an operative for Black Cube, an Israeli investigative firm.
The Journal, in its August article, published surveillance photos of the mystery woman, captured during a July dinner near Philadelphia with an analyst for a research firm critical of the New York-based insurer, AmTrust Financial Services Inc. AFSI -5.50%
It’s “the same woman,” said actress Rose McGowan, through her publicist. Ms. McGowan has said Mr. Weinstein raped her. According to the New Yorker, Ms. McGowan met multiple times with “Diana Filip,” the Black Cube operative, who was posing as a sympathetic London-based women’s rights activist and who secretly recorded the actress.
Ms. McGowan made the identification after seeing photos of “Diana Ilic” obtained by the Journal.
An AmTrust spokeswoman didn’t respond to questions sent�Tuesday�about Ms. McGowan’s identifying “Diana Ilic” as the same woman the New Yorker said was operating for Black Cube. AmTrust has said it hired Black Cube to investigate a former Italian business partner, but it has denied hiring the firm or any private investigators to probe its U.S. critics.
In a statement, Black Cube said it is company policy “to never discuss its clients with any third party,” adding that it “applies high moral standards to its work” and operates within the law. Launched in 2011, the firm describes itself as “a select group of veterans from the Israeli elite intelligence units that specializes in tailored solutions to complex business and litigation challenges.”