it's most likely true
result of occult castration ritual (part of the Cult of Cybele)
sauce: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591572601901705
Cult members like Weinstein usually submit willingly to the castration, so I'm not sure they are 'victims' per se.
They believe that by giving up their testicles, they put themselves in the good graces of Cybele and in this way receive all sorts of earthly benefits.
Tracy Twyman wrote extensively about this cult before her untimely death.
The syringe in the dustbin probably contained papaverine or a similar type of erectile dysfunction drug. These were commonly prescribed in the years before Viagra hit the market.