The Weinstein Company Facing Civil Rights Probe by NY Attorney General

Producer Harvey Weinstein speaks onstage at The Weinstein Company's Pre-Oscar Dinner in partnership with Bvlgari and Grey Goose at Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 25, 2017. Rich Polk/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company

Eric T. Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York state, has opened a civil rights inquiry of the Weinstein Company in response to numerous complaint of sexual harassment aimed at co-founder Harvey Weinstein.

Schneiderman is investigating whether there was a general atmosphere of gender discrimination or other civil rights violations.