NEW YORK: New York’s top state prosecutor sought to impose conditions Monday on investors seeking to buy The Weinstein Company, saying executives who facilitated years of abusive behavior by Harvey Weinstein could not be allowed to remain at the film studio.

An investor group led by former Obama administration official and businesswoman Maria Contreras-Sweet was poised to close a deal to buy The Weinstein Company for a reported $500 million, before New York suddenly filed the lawsuit on Sunday.

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