Yesterday, Meryl Streep reacted (understandably) angrily after it came to light that Harvey Weinstein had used her name - along with that of Jennifer Lawrence and Oprah Winfrey - in a lawsuit that aimed to have sexual misconduct class-action suits brought against him by other women dismissed.

Streep called her inclusion 'pathetic and exploitive' - and now the disgraced producer has issued a statement apologising to her and Lawrence.

The Hollywood Reporter say that a rep for Weinstein said: “Mr Weinstein acknowledges the valuable input both Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence have contributed to this conversation and apologises.

“Moving forward, Mr. Weinstein has advised his counsel to not include specific names of former associates; and to avoid whenever possible, even if they are in the public record. Mr. Weinstein has been informed that his civil counsel responded in court to a class action lawsuit which improperly sought to include all actresses who had previously worked with Mr. Weinstein, even where those actresses have made no claim of wrongdoing.

“Even though Mr. Weinstein has worked with hundreds of actresses and actors who had only professional and mutually respectful experiences with him, Mr. Weinstein has directed in the future that no specific names be used by his counsel, even where those actors have made previous public statements about him.”

Streep or Lawrence have not yet commented on the statement.