It read like the last stand of a desperate man.

My board is thinking of firing me, he wrote in an email (obtained byDeadlineand other outlets).

All Im asking is let me take a leave of absence and get into heavy therapy and counseling.

Whether it be in a facility or somewhere else, allow me to resurrect myself with a second chance.

Just give me the time to have therapy.

Do not let me be fired.

If the industry supports me, that is all I need.

In response, Weinstein denied the accusations.

Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein, a representative for Weinstein toldThe New Yorker.

Mr. Weinstein has begun counseling, has listened to the community and is pursuing a better path.

Mr. Weinstein is hoping that, if he makes enough progress, he will be given a second chance.

In response to theNew Yorkerstory, no one seemed ready to stand with Weinstein (save Lindsay Lohan).

Harvey Weinstein appears finished.

Everyone seemed to know it, except for him.

Then again, Weinstein always seemed to live in an alternate reality of his own design.

That time was finally over.

There would not and will not be a comeback from this.

Nor should there be.

Harvey Weinsteins career is all but over.

And right now, theres a lot ofschadenfreudeon both coasts in seeing a bully finally brought low.

Every day everyhour seems to bring a flood of new, tawdry allegations.

In Hollywood, the name Weinstein has become toxic.

But what about the films that still bear his studios name?

Especially compared to the pain and suffering he allegedly caused numerous women over the past three decades.

Weinstein, a former Buffalo concert promoter, reimagined the rules of the award-season game.

He was like an alchemist who could often turn lead into gold.

How else to explain the Academys brief love affair with Roberto Benigni?

That time is over.

The studio had been on a tight financial leash with its shareholders.

The hits were fewer.

The contenders less glitzy.

Not that Weinsteins ego reflected that.

He still seemed to believe that he had the magic touch every fall when the race heated up.

The acts hes alleged to have perpetrated go way beyond horrifying.

Even before the scandal erupted, 2017 wasnt exactly shaping up to be a banner year come awards season.

The cupboard was more sparse than in past years.

And what contenders there were already seemed to be longshots at best.

Still, what happens to those movies now?

Like the man who backed them, they will be persona non grata.

And hes excellent in the film a long way from his also-ran Avengers role as Hawkeye.

Now, it seems unlikely.

Then theresThe Current War.

Weinstein was listed as a producer on the film.

Weinstein was reportedly planning to give it the old Harvey Scissorhands re-edit in time for its release.

But then the scandal broke.

In a bit of cosmetic crisis management, Weinstein took his name off the film as producer.

But, at this point, thats just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Even its star, Cumberbatch, has now come out denouncing Weinstein.

But that, too, ended up being dead on arrival.

Its exploitative, racy trailer was Weinstein at his typically Barnumesque self, but moviegoers saw right through it.

Still, even with a stronger slate of films, Weinstein still would have been doomed this awards season.

His alleged sins are simply too big and too many.

And Woody Allen still routinely gets nominated for screenwriting Oscars and even won one forMidnight in Parisin 2012.

But these sorts of second acts take time.

To any reasonable person, it would seem Weinsteins alleged offenses are too heinous to forgive.

Who knows how many more women will come forward?

Who knows what other unspeakable acts and patterns will come to light?

Hollywood should be done with him.

His enablers and coddlers should be done with him.

And the Oscars should be done with him.