Jump.
Hey.
And cut! Back to one.
I'm still not entirely sure how to. -
You'll wake up very sore tomorrow, I would say. Yeah.
The volume's on. You'll be able to hear everything.
Um, so it's just gonna be this one here.
Oh, yes, maybe you were a bit down.
But if you turn that up there, then you'll be able to hear.
And then all you have to do is, like, press in to speak.
You'll get the hang of it. It's pretty easy.
I really want to.
But, you know...
You're scared.
Anyone would be.
Do you really think speaking out might stop him?
I think it's really important
for voters to have this information as they determine
whether he's fit to be president.
What if he decides to sue?
Would The New York Times be willing to help me?
News organizations can't provide legal support.
You'd be on your own.
Hi, Rachel?
And you're definitely going to write about Jessica Leeds?
Jessica is absolutely on board, a hundred percent.
Okay.
I'll do it.
I'll go on the record and say what he did to me.
You will? That's great, Rachel.
Thank you.
In New Hampshire,
asking voters there to reelect, uh, the, uh, Republican senator
as a check and balance.
Violet, uh, no.
Baby, Mommy's got to go to work. Mommy, Mommy.
You're gonna stay with Daddy, okay?
Violet, Violet, Mom's gonna go to work.
Come on. Let's go see your animals.
- Come on. - Talia, you're my hero.
Want to show me your elephant?
Well, I know that
it's an amuse-bouche, but, I mean, that's quite
an unorthodox approach. Isn't that right?
It's really simple. Um, I always put...
We didn't find any evidence of evil intent.
You can't obstruct justice there.
Morning, Jodi.
But, you know, we know
where minorities are.
They might not be as enthusiastic as they were
four years ago, but we know where they are.
We know where young people are.
We know, uh, where, uh, uh, single people are.
Were you sick again?
Yeah.
It's meant to stop after the first trimester.
You should probably get some sleep.
Mm.
I will, as soon as I get a response.
From Trump's people?
What happens if they don't respond?
They will, but we can't publish until they do.
Hello?
Is this Megan Twohey?
Yes, Mr. Trump.
I do not know these women. They are lying.
And if I did something to them,
why didn't they go to the police?
Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks didn't ever say
that they knew you, just that they were chance encounters.
The New York Times has concocted these stories,
and if you publish them, I will sue.
What about the leaked Access Hollywood tape?
Do you do those things?
I don't do it.
It was locker-room talk.
And, Mr. Trump, Miss Utah, she claimed you forcibly kissed her
more than once when you owned the Miss America pageant.
She's lying. You are disgusting.
You are a disgusting human being.
Several women speaking out,
accusing Donald Trump of touching them inappropriately.
Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks
telling The New York Times they were both
groped or kissed by Trump without consent.
For a company located in Trump Tower,
claims the billionaire kissed her on the cheeks
and the mouth.
Oh, my God.
Fuck. Rachel, I'm so sorry.
I went on the record, you published,
and this is what happened.
Yeah, I'm so sorry.
I was prepared, you know? But not for this.
An envelope full of shit?
Was there anything written on it?
No. What can I do?
- Oh, yeah, fuck. - I can't even leave the house.
Well, you-you need to write everything down.
Tape any conversations or voice mails.
You need to document any threats that you get...
- Megan Twohey? - Yeah. That's us.
I can't even imagine... Shit. Rachel, I'm sorry.
I have to go. I'll call you back, I promise.
Rachel?
I'm calling from Bill O'Reilly at Fox News.
Are you a feminist?
Are you fucking kidding me?!
I'm sorry. Hi. Hi.
The final push
till Election Day.
And as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
Oh. Bill O'Reilly's talking about you.
The Factor asked Miss Twohey
to appear this evening.
She declined, no surprise.
This is a tough forum.
She and Mr. Barbaro did appear on
other cable outlets
friendly to liberal points of view.
We asked Miss Twohey if she herself is a feminist,
both on the phone and in writing. -
She declined to answer in both cases.
I'm gonna go get some noodles.
But here's what she said about the article yesterday.
You know, our story is the experience
of many women, going back over the years.
Hello?
I am going to rape you and murder you
and dump your body in the Hudson River.
This night is turning out to be
a real nail-biter.
CNN can report that
Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump
to concede the race.
The winner of the presidential race.
CNN projects Donald Trump wins the presidency.
Breaking news on Bill O'Reilly.
Let's go to Julia Boorstin. Julia.
That's right.
Fox has just announced that Bill O'Reilly is out,
saying, quote, "After a thorough and careful review
"of the allegations, the company and Bill O'Reilly
"have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning
to the Fox News Channel."
Of course, this follows the boycott of over 50 advertisers
of The O'Reilly Factor after a New York Times report
of sexual harassment allegations
and the report that Fox and O'Reilly together
spent about $13 million
to settle those allegations from five different women.
- So, the story... - Job well done, Emily.
Thanks, Dean.
And you, Mike. Excellent reporting.
Not be returning to his top-rated cable show.
Are we talking solely corporate misuse of power?
No, we're talking all workplaces
where sexual harassment might happen.
Also, let's look for the enablers.
Fox kept O'Reilly on
for quite some time after our story broke.
And for decades before that.
The network only ousted him
when the advertisers jumped ship.
Let's interrogate the whole system.
Why is sexual harassment so pervasive
and so hard to address?
Hey, do you guys have a minute?
Sure.
So, I spoke to Shaunna Thomas,
the head of UltraViolet, a feminist group.
She said the wrongdoing in Hollywood is overwhelming.
She's in touch with an actress, Rose McGowan,
who has tweeted about being raped by a producer.
Thomas says it's Harvey Weinstein
and that McGowan is now working on a book about it.
Wasn't he charged with something couple years ago?
Yeah, um...
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, an Italian model.
She claimed Weinstein groped her in a business meeting.
The NYPD investigated it, but he was never charged.
Talk to Rose McGowan.
Try to talk to other actresses he's worked with.
Yeah. And I'll try to reach ex-employees.
Hi. My name is Jodi Kantor.
I'm an investigative reporter for The New York Times.
We're looking into sexual harassment in the workplace.
I believe you were an employee at Miramax
and worked for Harvey Weinstein in the '90s.
Are you recording this?
No, absolutely not, and I won't quote from this conversation
without your permission.
But in your time as an assistant, were you aware of
any instances in which Harvey Weinstein
treated women inappropriately or crossed a line?
Did Harvey cross a line?
Would you like to hear her heartbeat?
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
Mary, thanks so much for calling me back.
Who have you talked to?
I can't tell you names, just as I would never divulge yours,
but if you wanted to share anything that you know,
that would be so helpful.
I don't think people will want to talk.
Sorry.
Ms. Godrèche, thank you so much for responding.
Before you continue,
I've talked about Weinstein in the past, but it's private.
My immigration lawyer does not want me to be involved.
Involved in what?
- Hello? - Oh, hi, Rose.
Um, this is Jodi Kantor from The New York Times.
I wrote you an email.
Shaunna Thomas suggested you might be willing to have
a conversation with me about Hollywood,
and specifically Harvey Weinstein.
- Are you writing about him? - Yes, I am.
Look, I don't feel that inclined to talk to you about it.
Could I ask why not?
I've been treated quite shabbily
by your paper numerous times,
and I believe the root of it is sexism.
I'm sorry that was your experience.
I've talked in the past, and nothing happened.
I spoke at a political meeting recently,
and The New York Times put it in the Style section.
It does damage to shout, and no one listens.
I'm investigating systemic sexism in Hollywood.
How many pages have you got?
No.
I put myself on the line before,
and it made no difference.
I've written about the workplace at Amazon, Starbucks
and Harvard Business School, and change did happen.
They reformed their policies
as a direct result of the Times articles.
But if you don't want to talk, I understand.
And good luck with your book.
Thank you. Goodbye.
I spoke to Dad.
He sounded worse.
I got to go see him soon.
Could you go for a long weekend?
You could take the girls.
I could take Talia but not both of them.
I'm having an affair.
With a very famous actress.
You want her number?
She's so hot.
This looks beautiful.
You'd really like her.
"I am a nasty woman.
"I'm not as nasty
as using little girls like Pokémon before their bodies..."
- Is that Ashley Judd? - Yeah.
She wrote about being sexually harassed
by a producer in the '90s.
She doesn't name him, but she describes him as
"one of our industry's most famous admired/reviled bosses."
Mm.
"Sexual assault, transphobia,
"white supremacy, misogyny,
ignorance, white privilege."
- I'll go. - I'll get her.
Mom!
- We'll both go. - Yeah.
I don't know if I can do this.
You need to rest.
You try to sleep, maybe?
I don't want to be...
I just have this constant sense of dread.
You're tired.
Your body's exhausted.
I think I would know if it was just that.
Mom.
Hello?
It's Rose.
- McGowan. - Rose, hi.
It's not just him you should be after.
There's an entire machine, a supply chain.
Of abusers in Hollywood?
Right.
They're worldwide,
wherever movies are being made or sold.
Each studio does the victim-shaming and payouts.
If white men could have a playground, this would be it.
Do people know about it?
Of course.
I told a lot of people what happened to me.
At the Sundance Film Festival?
I was 23. I was doing all these brilliant independent films.
I was just incredibly hopeful.
And then I went to that hotel room. Hi.
Talia?
I'm here.
He was on a sofa,
talking loudly on his phone.
I waited.
And then we talked about projects,
and he suddenly said, "I have a Jacuzzi in my room."
I didn't know what the answer to that was,
so I just kept talking.
We wrapped up, and he said he'd walk me out,
and I thought, "Well, that went well."
It was my first big meeting.
He walked behind me down a hallway, then he said,
"This is the Jacuzzi room."
And I looked in, and he pushed me inside.
He stripped me, and he was suddenly naked.
I left my body in some way.
And he raped me.
I went into survival mode to get out, and I faked an orgasm.
He told me to get dressed.
He left me messages telling me I was his new special friend
and that he'd done a lot for other actresses.
Did you report it?
Can you see the law taking my side on that?
But you told other people?
I told a lot of people, and nobody did a thing.
Nothing.
Can I contact the people you told?
You told me this was private.
He'll have spies watching you now, as we speak.
I hope you know that.
Hello?
Hey, Megan, this is Jodi Kantor.
Is this a bad time?
Uh... um, no.
It's fine.
Oh, I hear her.
How's it all going?
Yeah, it's, um...
I just got her down.
It's the toughest part, I think.
Is it?
I found it to be so.
With my first daughter, I had postpartum depression.
Everyone's so excited,
and it's like...
you're just not there.
Right.
So, I got your email.
How's it all going?
Yeah.
I feel like there are a lot of women who have...
been through something with him.
But they find it hard to talk.
And those who do talk to me don't want to go on the record.
In your previous stories,
how did you persuade women to tell you
what had happened to them?
Yeah, so...
It's difficult.
They're terrified.
A case I made was,
"You know, I can't change what happened to you in the past,
"but together we may be able to use your experience
to help protect other people."
The truth, basically.
But yeah.
It's hard to ask women to talk.
Then he asked me to meet him,
uh, really early.
And I had been up all night filming, and I was tired.
I went over to The Peninsula Hotel, and at reception,
I asked, "Is Mr. Weinstein in The Belvedere restaurant
or is he on the patio?"
And they said, "Go to his room."
And I went upstairs,
and Harvey was in his bathrobe.
And he asked if he could give me a massage.
"No," I said.
And then, um, he asked me
to help him pick out his clothes for the day.
He, you know, started asking for all these things,
increasingly more sexual, getting closer and closer.
And I just said no so many different times
and in so many different ways.
And then he finally, um, asked me to watch him take a shower.
And I said, "Harvey,
"when I win an Academy Award in a Miramax movie,
I will give you a blow job."
And I got out of there fast.
What did you do?
I told my dad, I told my agent,
I told the people with whom I was filming that night,
and Harvey punished me.
I mean, he blackballed my career
because I had the wherewithal to refuse him.
How do you know that?
I would be standing with other actresses,
and he would blank me.
There were roles for which I was up
that I mysteriously did not get,
and I know today that it was Harvey making a phone call.
You know I did an article about it, and nobody did anything.
You didn't identify him, but did industry people know
who you were talking about in your article?
Absolutely.
And the abuse came raining down on me, not on him.
You know at the Women's March
when I did the "Nasty Woman" poem?
I lost a huge advertising gig because a small group of people
complained that I was quoting the president.
He used that language and got elected.
I quoted him, and I got fired.
It is decades later, and it's still the same sexism.
And, Jodi, I would make the same choices all over again,
but I also would like to work.
Lisa Bloom, the lawyer, she wrote to me.
- Gloria Allred's daughter? - Yeah.
- Do you know her? - No.
But I assume she wants to help.
I forwarded the email to Emily.
I'm looking at it right now.
Yeah. This is straight from legal.
Jodi? Lisa Bloom.
"Big announcement:
"My book, Suspicion Nation, is being produced
by Harvey Weinstein and Jay-Z."
Weinstein is producing her book?
Lisa Bloom, daughter of feminist icon,
is working with Harvey Weinstein.
But why would she do that?
How much do you get paid for a miniseries?
He's got to be behind Lisa reaching out to you.
So Weinstein knows what we're doing.
Sorry.
Do you want to keep going with Trump?
Or you could join Jodi and look into Harvey Weinstein.
I worry about whether it makes a difference.
These women spoke out against Trump,
and he still became president.
But in the wake of O'Reilly, there's possibility.
Sorry.
Craig. I've been trying to reach you.
You've got to show up.
How's your daughter?
She's great.
Oh, s... um...
Sorry. I, um...
Thank you for the gift you, um...
Is anything bothering you?
Besides no sleep and diapers everywhere.
Are you okay?
I found it quite...
difficult.
I'm sorry.
Will working help?
Yeah. Yeah.
Absolutely.
It's better now.
Megan.
Hey.
Are they all famous?
Most of them, yes.
I guess my question is just, like:
Is this the best use of our time?
Like, as opposed to
other people we could potentially be covering.
People who can't speak out. Actresses already have a voice.
But they could also fear being punished
by the film industry for using it.
Sure.
But what is it exactly that we're looking at here?
We're looking at extreme sexual harassment in the workplace.
These young women walked into
what they all had reason to believe were business meetings
with a producer, an employer.
They were hopeful.
They were expecting a serious conversation about their work
or a possible project.
Instead, they say he met them with threats and sexual demands.
They claim assault and rape.
If that can happen to Hollywood actresses,
who else is it happening to?
Do you think his employees were targeted, too?
I do.
I could search for any police complaints against Miramax.
Or court records.
Should I?
Yes.
I found records of a complaint
against Miramax from 2001,
but the report was closed out the same day it was made.
It says, "complainant elected court action,"
but then no court documents exist,
which seems inconsistent.
Do you have any more information on that?
No, those records
would have been destroyed.
Really? Why?
It's agency policy.
All records are destroyed after three years.
Why is that?
As I said, it's policy.
So could you please tell me
who filed the sexual harassment complaint?
No, I cannot.
- Because? - It's policy.
We are prohibited from giving you that name.
Is that everything?
This is very important.
It's about someone who's still very powerful in the workplace.
Who could still be harassing someone.
Is there any way you can help me?
You could ask me the name of the government investigator
who was assigned the case.
I could give you that information.
- Just a name. - Thank you.
I've made 20 calls to track this investigator.
What did Lisa Bloom say?
She just talked as though he was kind of naughty.
She was talking to me kind of Jew-to-Jew
and including Weinstein in the gang.
Oh.
I had a long conversation with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner.
They want to help, and they have so many numbers.
Amazing.
Did you know them before?
I don't know anyone.
In April, when I started...
- Mm. - I was literally leaving...
It's the investigator.
Hi. This is Megan Twohey.
Thank you for getting back to me.
Sure. How can I help?
Do you remember the case?
There are hundreds of sexual harassment cases
at that agency.
This one was brought to you,
and then it was closed very quickly.
That's not unusual.
It was filed against Miramax.
What's Miramax?
Harvey, I've read the thorough reports,
and Rose comes across as a disturbed, pathological liar.
Clearly, she must be stopped in her ridiculous,
defamatory attacks on you.
She is dangerous.
You are right to be concerned.
I feel equipped to help you against the Roses of the world
because I have represented so many of them.
I'd like to meet with you to go over this in some detail.
You should be the hero of the story, not the villain.
Best, Lisa Bloom.
I'm trying to get ahold of this assistant
who worked at Miramax in her early 20s.
One day, she just disappeared.
All she left are her running shoes under the table.
I haven't been able to find her yet,
but her mother lives in Queens.
I thought I'd just show up.
Hi.
- Hello. - Hi.
I was expecting your mother.
Oh, I'll go get her. Who should I say...
No, it's... it's actually... You're the one I wanted to see.
Excuse me?
My name is Megan Twohey.
I am an investigative reporter for The New York Times.
Would it be okay if...
Go back upstairs. Go see Abuelita.
Could we talk for a minute?
About your time at Miramax?
I can't believe you found me.
I've been waiting for this for 25 years.
I would, I would love the chance
to ask you a couple questions.
What do you know?
That you were at the beginning of your career
and doing well.
And that something happened.
And then you disappeared.
And that your father threatened legal action.
All I can tell you is that...
I had a business dispute with Miramax.
It was resolved.
Amicably.
And we've agreed not to discuss it.
I'm...
I'm so glad to meet you anyway.
So...
it was resolved?
Yeah. It was.
There are women who have had settlements,
and they're bound to silence,
but we have written around them.
There are ways to report around that restriction.
The source can remain anonymous.
I should go back in.
Look, I'm-I'm sorry.
I've thrown a curveball into your trip to see your mother,
and, uh, I don't want to keep you from your family,
but would it be okay if I... if I gave you my number?
She was terrified, Jodi, but she wants to talk.
She really does.
Really? That's incredible.
Listen, Gwyneth Paltrow called, and she told me about
an incident at The Peninsula Hotel.
The Peninsula? What the fuck?
Exactly. Where Ashley went to meet him.
Shit. What happened?
Fuck. It's her. I have to go.
Hi.
Megan, we just spoke.
I'm sorry, but it's a no.
But good luck. Honestly.
So, if you sign it,
you don't tell anyone about anything?
Yeah.
It could've been bullying, or sometimes it's just a big shop,
and they don't want you to tell their trade secrets.
Did you sign one?
No.
So, shops have secrets but newspapers don't?
I think pretty much everyone and everything has a secret.
What's yours?
I will tell you one day.
- Do you have one? - Of course.
Course I have a secret.
- So what are you saying? - So we take a drive through
- the redwood, huh? - Beach? Mountain? Spa?
- Hello? - John Schmidt?
- My name is Megan Twohey. - Yeah?
I'm a reporter for The New York Times.
Would it be possible to speak for a moment? -Oh.
Uh, come in.
I can't see what you'd want from me.
You were the chief financial officer at Miramax.
The women who received these settlements,
they can't speak out.
They'll be sued if they do.
But if someone could speak freely about the payouts,
that would be hugely helpful.
What payouts, John?
Look, I'm not asking you to go on the record.
Just to have your perspective
on what might've happened back then.
I need to think about it.
- Okay? - Okay.
Sorry just to show up.
Good night.
Hi, hi. Can you hear me?
- Yes. - Uh, I really appreciate
you talking to me on a Saturda.
I hope the links were useful.
They were, but I-I find it very strange
that if I want to access certain information, I can't.
The EEOC is all about information.
What could you not find?
Well, for instance, which companies
have had the most sexual harassment complaints,
but no one was permitted to tell me that.
Yes, that would be confidential information.
But do you think that's right?
Shouldn't the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
be a resource for information?
Our policies are reviewed annually.
So do you know internally
which companies have the most complaints?
Yes, we do,
but we're not allowed to disclose that information.
So any woman applying for a job is not allowed to check
the record of that employer in terms of harassment?
That's right.
You-you should probably talk to someone higher up.
I-I'm... I'm going to.
I will, but don't you think that's strange?
That the commission is there to protect people
but its policy prohibits sharing the information needed
to protect them?
Megan, I'm not the head of the EEOC.
I was just trying to help.
And you, and you have. And it's the weekend.
- I really thank you. - Okay.
- Goodbye.
Oh, my gosh.
Amazing.
Incredible.
Mira or the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission?
Both.
- Hi. - Hi.
- We're like reporting twins. - Yeah.
- Should I go up and change? - No, let's go.
- You look amazing. - Nice.
- Hi. How was your ride? - Hi. -Hi.
- Yeah, it was... - Great.
It was good.
I'm Helen. I'm Gwyneth's assistant.
Gwyneth will be right with you.
Thank you.
So it's a total pattern, a pattern of behavior.
Gwyneth was invited to the hotel room,
the business meeting, and then threatened with
losing her job if she refused him.
She told her agent. No one does a thing.
Will Gwyneth go on the record?
She really wants to.
I-I think she does and she doesn't.
She's scared that it could turn into
some kind of tabloidy sex scandal.
I mean, Gwyneth was 23. So was Rose.
They were so young.
Tell me everything when you get in.
Okay. Bye.
The only way these women are gonna go on the record...
Is if they all jump together.
Yeah.
You take the lead on this.
No, you do it. You're less intimidating.
You don't find me intimidating?
No, I mean... No, it's just the height thing.
Hi.
Hi. We were just in the neighborhood.
We're from The New York Times.
I believe you used to work for Harvey Weinstein?
Think she'll go on the record?
Okay. I'm just gonna...
You want to leave the note? Yeah.
The NDAs are never examined or questioned.
They rarely come up in open court.
Law schools don't teach them.
Also, the attorneys who represent the victims
can get up to 40% of the settlement.
That's a big incentive to keep that system going.
Most sexual harassment cases are settled out of court.
And most of them have a confidentiality clause.
And the women who sign these contracts have to give over
all of their evidence: their diaries, emails, phones.
It's cash for silence,
and it enables the perpetrators to continue.
And these clauses are standard practice.
The women want to close the case.
They need the money. They...
They don't want to be branded as liars or flirts.
I mean, I'm sure it-it often seems like the only recourse.
And I imagine some women see these settlements
as a confession of guilt.
They think they've scored a victory
when it's actually a gag order.
And if you try and take a case like this to court,
the sexual harassment laws are so weak.
They're actually nonexistent if you're a freelancer
or if there are fewer than 15 employees in the workplace.
Also, most lawyers prefer settlements
'cause it's less of a financial risk for them.
How close are any of these actresses
to going on the record?
We're introducing the idea.
I'm afraid we have these horrific hotel room accounts
and no corroborating evidence.
We feel they'll speak out if they're not the only ones.
Safety in numbers.
And settlements?
Three. So far.
There's Rose McGowan.
We're pretty sure about Ambra Battilana.
And I would say the same for the ex-assistant in Queens.
And no documents?
We do not have a publishable story.
Hey.
So, look, team.
You have to imagine that every call you make
is being recorded.
And you're being followed.
Don't let Weinstein talk to you, unless it's on the record.
I'd be interested in talking to him even off the record.
No, if Harvey has something to say,
he needs to say it publicly.
I've dealt with him before.
It's ugly.
We're looking into the incident
with Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.
She accused Weinstein of groping her.
The NYPD gave her a wire, and she met him again.
But the D.A. wouldn't prosecute.
They claimed the recording wasn't enough to arrest him.
Linda Fairstein worked in the D.A.'s office.
I've texted her.
Linda, Megan Twohey here. How are you?
I'm good, Megan.
How can I help?
Yeah, I'm looking into a police complaint
against Harvey Weinstein that wasn't charged two years ago.
When you were at the D.A.'s office.
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.
Oh. Okay.
It seemed to go away very quickly.
There was no criminal conduct there.
The cops seemed pretty confident there was.
Do you think there was anything irregular
about how it was handled?
I don't.
Why would you say that?
Gwyneth.
He's here.
I invited a few people over, and he turned up.
I haven't seen him for years.
He must know I spoke to you.
Why are you so certain there was no criminal conduct?
Wasn't there a recording?
Uh...
I don't think there's a road to go down.
No.
Do you feel like you're in physical danger at all?
I'll keep people around me till he goes.
It's a shock. I know he's watching me.
He's letting me know.
He can't do anything.
Gwyneth.
I'm here. Call me if you need me.
Okay. Bye.
Linda, do you know Harvey?
I've met him socially,
but we've never been to each other's homes.
Okay.
- I'm sure we'll speak soon. - Yes.
Goodbye.
We got a good lead to talk to a past executive at Miramax.
- Great. When will that be? - Hey. Hola.
Jodi's talking to her tomorrow.
Hey, I don't think she heard you.
She definitely didn't hear you.
- Oh, my God. - What?
Ronan Farrow is working on
an H.W. piece for The New Yorker.
What? Since when?
- Fuck. - She doesn't say,
but apparently he's spoken to a lot of actresses already.
Okay, ladies.
These are the menus.
- Thank you. -All right. - Thank you.
It's pressure we can do without,
but we just keep going, and we continue to be thorough.
Pardon me. Excuse me. Hello. Hi. Hello, everyone.
Uh, did you, did you see my friend over there?
He-he said hi.
Could you leave us?
- We're talking. - I absolutely will.
I totally understand, but I was just thinking
maybe I could just have a moment of your time.
All right, man. We're having a conversation.
So, if you could just...
You should be doing something else, though.
- Fuck you. - Fuck you?
I would bend you over...
Fuck you!
Get the fuck out of here!
Fuck you, man! Get the fuck out!
- Wow. - Frigid bitches.
Frigid bitches.
The guy's an asshole, right?
- Sorry. - Don't apologize.
There was an incident in Venice at the film festival.
It was '98.
What happened?
What makes me most angry is the silence.
No one spoke out then, and no one is talking about it now.
He built the silence, and people complied.
He produced fear and intimidation.
The only alternative, seemingly, was to quit
and throw away everything you worked so hard for
out the door.
You were terrified you were gonna be the next target,
so people looked the other way.
- Within the company? - Yes, and outside of it.
I mean, he played the press. He played the agents.
How did he play the press?
By promising them access to stars
in exchange for hushing up some incident.
What sort of incident?
Where do I start?
Harvey had this... What did they call it?
"A physical altercation" with a male employee at a conference.
Then they settled with the guy.
And with women?
He pursued them.
Endlessly.
What happened in Venice?
I don't want to be quoted.
Period.
Understood.
We were in Harvey's suite,
and there were a bunch of people in there.
And there were these two assistants,
and they were sitting there trembling.
And Weinstein was there?
Yes.
He was talking film and ignoring them,
but they were literally vibrating.
One with fear, the other with anger.
Can you tell me their names?
Yes.
And there's another woman you should, you should call.
The two assistants are Rowena Chiu and Zelda Perkins,
and we have a third name, Laura Madden.
And none of them are returning our calls.
So? Show up in person.
Yeah.
They live in London, Silicon Valley and Wales.
Can you get on a plane?
Let me work it out with Ron.
But yeah, of course.
Documents, verification.
You know what we need.
Hi.
Sorry to bother you. I can see you're busy.
I was looking for Rowena Chiu.
Hi.
Rowena's not here right now. Can I give her a message?
When will she be back?
My wife's out of the country for a while.
I see.
I did try calling her.
This a work thing?
No. You must be Andrew?
Andrew Cheung?
I'm Jodi Kantor. I'm from The New York Times.
Okay.
So, what did you want to talk to Rowena about?
We're researching a story about Miramax.
I flew in from New York.
- You came all this way? - Yeah.
Um, could we talk for a minute?
Sure.
So, I've been speaking with people
who worked for Harvey Weinstein.
You're going quite far back with Rowena's time there.
We're writing about his treatment of women.
Right.
And Rowena fits in how?
Your wife worked at Miramax for some years.
Yes.
Mainly in Hong Kong.
Like to hear about her experiences
working for Weinstein.
I'm confused why you can't discuss it on the phone.
I did try.
It is always better to actually meet.
So...
And this is off the record.
My understanding is that...
that Weinstein possibly victimized your wife
when Rowena first worked for him.
Rowena's never mentioned anything like that to me.
What-what do you mean by "victimized"?
Can you be more specific?
I was told that your wife
may have received a settlement from Weinstein.
Do I look like a guy whose wife got a settlement?
Could you have confused her with someone else?
I-I... I apologize for taking up your time.
I'm...
Will you just please give this to Rowena?
If you're talking to these other people,
why do you need to talk to Rowena?
And if you turn up in my driveway,
what kind of victimization?
It's complex.
I'm asking you to expand on it.
I really think it would be best...
if you asked Rowena.
Have a good day.
I just couldn't lie to him.
And then it turns out he didn't know.
What if London is a repeat of this?
It won't be.
I spoke with an employment lawyer in the U.K.,
and he told me that it was irresponsible of me
even to ask about breaching NDAs.
No one does it. They would get sued.
Fuck that guy.
Honestly, Jodi, fuck him. He has no idea.
I wish I smoked or something.
I'm staring at an actual brick wall,
and all I can think is, "Fuck."
That's okay.
Fuck.
And documents.
So, Laura, we are looking at a full mastectomy.
And we should schedule this as soon as possible.
I understand.
Hello.
Hi.
Laura, this is Jodi Kantor from The New York Times.
Um, I hope you've been getting my messages.
I'm in California right now,
but I'm coming to London tomorrow.
Hi, Jodi.
Hi.
Um, I-I'm so happy to be finally speaking with you.
I-I understand that you once worked for Harvey Weinstein
in the London office of Miramax.
Is that right?
Laura?
Laura.
Can I do anything to help?
No. I can't talk about this right now.
Hey.
Hey, my love.
Come here. Oh.
Hey, now.
It's going to be all right.
- It's going to be all right. - I'm so sorry, Mum.
Please refrain from smoking
in this building.
Here we are.
Tea.
Thank you.
You know, other people have tried to write this story.
He kills it every time.
We're aware of that.
And we're not gonna let that happen to us.
Are you okay, Zelda?
Yes.
So, you started working at Miramax when you were 21?
Yes. I was an assistant at the London office.
- And how was it? - It was great.
But it would shift when Harvey came to town.
In what way?
Everyone became on call to Harvey.
And what would that entail?
Script meetings, discussions and more personal stuff.
Like?
For instance, I would have to go to his hotel
and wake Harvey up.
Run his shower for him.
Get him out of bed.
He would usually be naked.
And he might try to pull me onto him.
What did you do?
I'd fend him off.
I found humor or aggression worked best.
Harvey was either excited or furious.
You never knew which it would be.
Did anyone on the team give you advice about him?
Yes.
Once, one girl told me to always wear my puffer jacket,
um, and to always sit in an armchair,
never the sofa next to him, which helped.
And that's how I knew that it wasn't only happening to me.
What was happening exactly?
Bullying.
Emotional abuse.
I was just too young to understand it.
Harvey wanted people to submit to him.
And if they didn't?
Well, then he'd roar.
And he'd spit.
He could destroy someone in seconds.
Were you scared of him?
Yes. We all were.
So, three years into this,
you were at the Venice Film Festival.
I resigned after that.
- What happened? - I can't tell you all of it.
What can you tell me?
♪ Let's sway ♪
♪ Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight... ♪
There was a new assistant.
She was my age. She was great.
She was very smart.
And she was doing Harvey's evening script meeting
alone for the first time,
and I told her to call me if he got difficult.
- Was he pursuing her? - No.
Harvey said, "I don't like Jewish or Asian women."
- But that night... - She called you.
No.
The following morning,
she came to me, and she was sobbing.
I mean, she was hysterical.
Rowena, what happened?
Sit.
- And I held her. - What is it?
Did she tell you what he did?
Not exactly.
Only that no one must know.
But I knew.
I knew that he must've...
What?
She was so upset.
I knew that it had to be the-the worst possible thing.
I calmed her down, and I went straight to confront Harvey.
He was in a meeting, uh, with Scorsese, who, you know...
who hated him, so it was a really big deal for Harvey.
And I went straight up to him, and I said very clearly,
"You need to come with me right now."
You went right up to them and confronted him?
Yeah. I was so angry.
And in front of everyone,
he stood up and...
he followed me like a lamb.
And then I knew. Then I knew he did it.
And then?
He denied it.
He said, "I swear on my wife and kids' lives
that I did not assault that young woman."
And then I knew that he was lying.
He always used that line
as a "get out of jail free" card. Always.
Did the assistant report it to the police?
Mm. She told no one.
We came back to London.
We both resigned.
I told my direct superior,
who suggested we get ourselves a good lawyer.
I had no idea where to get one.
I found a company close to the office,
and-and then I thought it would be simple.
Criminal proceedings.
But our lawyer said we had no chance
and the only thing to do was to agree to a settlement.
And I said categorically no,
that no money should change hands
and that we just wanted to stop him.
And no U.K. police were involved?
We had no case.
We had no evidence and no police report from Venice.
And, you see, with rape,
it is impossibly difficult to get a prosecution.
And the lawyers kept saying
damage limitation was the only way to go.
So I said, "All right, then.
We have our own very real demands."
Conditions that Harvey would have to meet
if we were to sign.
And what were those conditions?
We demanded that if Harvey had another settlement
within two years, that it had to be reported to Disney
or else he would be fired.
Another was that he would go to therapy,
with me present initially
so that he couldn't lie to the therapist.
We demanded that HR would put in a system
to protect the women and staff.
And it felt like if we could achieve all of those,
then that's what our silence was paying for,
that we were paying for him to stop.
So we signed.
And they had their own insane conditions for us.
What were they?
I tried to commit them to memory.
Um, they wouldn't give us our own copy.
What?
I was only given visitation rights to my own settlement.
That's in...
That's incredible.
But you memorized them?
I asked for letters, too, which stated some of the conditions.
One said, "We will make best endeavors
to not help the police in a criminal or civil case."
We weren't allowed to talk to our family or a doctor.
So finally we signed.
They gave us some money.
And I felt completely broken.
I interviewed for other jobs afterwards,
but everyone kept saying, "Why did you leave Harvey?"
They all assumed that I'd...
been with him, you know.
It was horrible.
What did you do then?
I went to visit a friend in Guatemala,
and I stayed for five years.
I had no chance of ever working in film again,
and I couldn't speak freely, so I worked with horses.
You've lost a lot.
These are the original letters.
I had to have their permission if I wanted
to contact a therapist or speak to an accountant.
I was "never to speak to any other media,
now or hereafter existing, about it."
Jodi, this is bigger than Weinstein.
This is about the system protecting abusers.
I want you to take these,
and I want you to use them.
Got to go now.
Is it dark there?
It's, like, 4:00 here.
Did you drink tea?
A little bit.
Who are you meeting?
Just a few women.
Can you find me a shell? And a cat hat for Violet?
I will work on that.
Have you been okay without me?
Sure. You're back tomorrow.
I am.
Yay!
So, what did they do, the women you're meeting?
We'll talk about it when you're older.
Are they criminals? Bank robbers?
No.
Was it rape?
Talia, I don't think I've ever heard you use that word.
Boys say it all the time. And girls.
They shouldn't.
That word shouldn't be used casually.
I'm sorry.
N-No. You did nothing wrong.
Are you angry with me?
No, Talia, no. I miss you.
I-I miss you like someone took a piece out of me.
I lost you, Talia.
Talia.
Oh, God.
They're trying to survive,
and he's there 'cause he's hosting the show.
And he's probably going to, like, help them. -
- He's going to kill them. - Hello?
What? No!
No? -GRACIE: May I ask who's calling?
Probably going to help them, like,
- if they, like, need to get in. - Now, who's Potts?
I know, but
they don't look like they're having troubles... -Mum.
It's another call from America.
I told you, sweetie, just tell any journalist, "No."
N-No, she says you worked together.
Pamela Lubell?
Hywel wants to take his yellow pillow to Cornwall.
- No, we're not taking... - So?
We're not taking any pillows.
- Why? - Pamela?
God.
Hi, Pamela. How are you?
It's been decades.
I know, Laura.
It's really been a while. How's life?
It's good.
How's everything? How are you?
Yeah, I'm okay.
That's great.
Laura, have you had any calls from reporters
trying to write stories about Harvey?
I-I have, actually. Yes.
I didn't talk to them.
Good. That's good to hear.
Cockroach journalists.
It was great, wasn't it, back then?
Harvey was always very generous.
That wasn't my experience.
Laura, can I have your assurance that you won't talk to anyone?
What? What did you say?
If you have a project, I can take it to Harvey.
I don't.
And I'll talk to who I please.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
I need to book a flight to Cornwall
first thing in the morning.
- Flight to Cornwall tomorrow? - Yes.
To Newquay Airport?
- Newquay. - Newquay.
You'd normally just get a train.
Okay, train, then.
This is a nice place for a vacation.
- Yeah. - Mum.
Hi. -Um, Hywel wants to play at the rocks.
Is that okay?
- Yeah, sure. - Okay.
Is that your eldest?
Yes.
Yes. She's 13.
You grew up in Ireland?
I did, yes.
And your first job was wrangling extras in '92?
They were shooting near us.
I loved it.
And then I heard that Miramax were making a film nearby,
and I got a job as a runner on that.
I was ecstatic. It was great.
And you met Harvey Weinstein when?
Soon after that.
I was going to be working directly for him.
Doing errands, answering calls.
I was very happy to be asked.
He was charming.
He was saying he'd heard how hard I worked.
And I was just excited.
I was 21, you know, very young but incredibly keen.
So when he said he'd give me a permanent job
at the London office, I felt so happy.
He said that in the meeting?
Yes.
He was in his bathrobe when he opened the door,
but I thought that was maybe very Hollywood.
But quite soon into talking,
he said, would I give him a massage?
I-I said no.
He was very matter-of-fact.
He said it's not a romantic request.
Everyone does it for him.
It's part of the job.
So, I suddenly thought that I was the problem, you know.
That I was the one who was sexualizing it.
That I was just young and uptight.
So, I...
I put my hands on his shoulders,
but I couldn't actually move them at all over his body.
I just stood there.
My hands wouldn't move.
And then he said he would give me a massage first.
To relax me.
And he said, "Look, all the girls do it.
It's just work."
And then he said, "Take your top off."
Very matter-of-fact.
"Take your bra off."
And I did.
I was terrified, but I just thought,
"Get through it. Do it."
And then my trousers were off,
and he was standing over me...
masturbating.
I asked him to leave me alone,
but he kept asking for different things.
And then he suggested a shower, and I got up.
And he carried on...
masturbating.
And I kept crying.
And I was sobbing, and the water was pouring down,
and he was still masturbating.
Then he got angry.
I think my crying was so loud it put him off.
And he left the bathroom, and I locked the door.
And I could still hear him on the other side.
Still the sounds of him masturbating.
Finally, I went back into the room itself
and grabbed my clothes and belongings, and I just ran.
I ran down the street.
I've never run that fast in my life.
How do you feel about it now?
I...
I... I feel like
it dictated a certain direction my life took.
That... I just felt that it was this huge e-error of judgment
that sort of marked me and all my decisions.
And...
I felt such shame...
that I let him do that.
Did you think that he had done the same to other girls?
I thought that he must've tried it.
But that they'd all s...
they'd all said no.
It was like he t-took my voice that day.
Just when I was about to start finding it.
Yes?
I have Harvey Weinstein
on the phone for you.
Put him through. Thank you.
Dean, how are you? This is Harvey.
Hi, Harvey. What can I do for you?
If I hadn't made movies, I would've been a journalist.
Dean, I heard someone was working on a story about me.
Yes. If you'd like to talk to the reporters on the record,
- they'd welcome that. - I want to talk to you, Dean.
Well, talk to my reporters about your concerns.
I'm sorry. I have work to do.
Are you gonna hang up?
Unless you have anything else to say.
I love the truth.
People make up stories a lot.
Be careful of that.
That's fine, Harvey. Goodbye.
- Hi, Chanel. - Hey, Dean.
Hey, Tim.
- Matt, you got a minute? - Yeah.
So, what do we have?
Well, the biggest thing is the documents that Jodi got
from Zelda Perkins in London.
Rose is still off the record,
but she has given us permission to write about her settlement.
We're just trying to figure out a way to confirm it.
Harvey offered her a million dollars recently
for her silence.
- And? - Rose refused,
but she doesn't want us to quote her.
There are still no on-the-record sources.
NDAs are a problem.
Laura Madden didn't sign one.
She's the only ex-assistant who is technically free to speak.
Ashley and Gwyneth didn't sign one either,
but they're not ready to go on the record.
But Laura Madden has to deal with something
- very different right now. - She has breast cancer.
She has to go into surgery, so it's not likely.
I'm still leaving messages for Rowena Chiu,
but there's no engagement.
So, no more proven settlements.
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez almost certainly settled.
And John Schmidt confirmed that Miramax settled
with the woman I visited in Queens.
Anything more on the article from The New Yorker?
No.
Lanny Davis and David Boies want to come talk to us.
What do you think?
Don't we want to wait and push for
an on-the-record interview with Weinstein?
It's your call, Binky.
I'd like to talk to Lanny at least.
See what he has to say.
Harvey's not always that rational.
The reason I'm here as his representative
is not to try to kill anything.
I want to know that if you're including something
like Rósa McGowan's claim, then we can defend that.
Of course.
Please.
I know you'll be investigating with due diligence.
- Lanny... - Mm-hmm?
You'll have every chance to respond.
Oh. Uh...
And I trust it's okay to record this?
Oh, of course. Sure.
I don't expect you to name sources, but if it's possible
for you to let me know overall what your story's about?
We're looking into problematic behavior
towards women by Weinstein.
Okay.
Harvey adamantly denies any allegation of rape or assault.
Nothing criminal.
But he is aware of complaints about his treatment of women,
and he is working on that.
Powerful men of an older generation
are changing their understanding
of the meaning of the word "consensual."
Why women don't feel it's consensual
even if a man convinces himself it is.
Do you want to expand on that?
Uh, I believe
there's a story to be told about the evolution of men.
And, in particular, Harvey on this subject.
Uh, would he be willing to talk to us about it?
On the record.
He has to deal with his wife and children
before anything else.
You're adamant Rose McGowan's rape accusation is false.
Why is that?
Did she tell anybody right away?
Did she show any signs of distress?
She told her manager and a lawyer.
Harvey was aware that there was a problem with Rose,
but not that she was accusing him of rape.
So I draw a bright line on the word "rape."
Anything below that line,
uh, he was aware of feelings, concerns.
Of what kind?
I'm sorry. What...
If the concerns were not about rape,
what were they about?
The only way I can answer is, um...
a sense of exploitation
because of that disparate power relationship.
There's mental coercion that isn't physical coercion.
Lisa Bloom has been working with Harvey
to help him recognize the difference.
Lisa Bloom?
Yeah.
If Harvey had been made aware
of McGowan's concerns at the time, how did he respond?
I think he had dealings legally with her about them.
And how would you characterize those legal dealings?
I think he became aware that
she did not regard what happened as okay with her.
I'm not talking about rape.
I'm talking about the effect he had on Rose McGowan.
And that rather than fighting...
"Rather than fighting"?
Then... then what?
I-I think he has agreed to settlements
rather than litigating what might have been litigated.
As Harvey saw it, it was better to settle,
even if you haven't done anything wrong.
He preferred to settle.
Were there other cases of questionable intimate relations
with women in which Weinstein settled?
Let's say for now, even on a background basis,
that I need to find out what my limits are legally.
Even if on background, I'm confirming settlements.
But the-the answer is yes, there have been.
How many?
No.
To admit to settlements this early, they're in real trouble.
We need to find out a number.
We need to corroborate each one.
I'm on it.
Have you guys had any dealings with Diana Filip?
No. -I said no to speaking at a women's conference.
- She just keeps on calling me. - Did you have her checked out?
Security consultant says she's legit,
but who has time for these random people?
Hello?
I worked at Miramax.
Talk to Irwin Reiter. He hates Weinstein.
Hey. Are you okay?
Did I wake you?
Um, yeah. What's up?
What do you know about Irwin Reiter?
Hang on. I put together a file on him.
I need to write a good fucking email.
Hi. Thanks for meeting me.
You want to get me killed?
So, Irwin, you've been an accountant for the Weinsteins
for 30 years.
I pick up the check,
and I reserve the right to leave after five minutes.
So, um... what do you want to know?
We have information on several settlements
that Weinstein made in the '90s,
paid to actresses and ex-employees.
Could you tell me anything about that?
Could you confirm those settlements
and how it was from your perspective?
My perspective?
Would it be company money that was used?
You wrote that we're from the same tiny world.
Yeah.
Summers at bungalows in the Catskills.
Meals at Lefty's and Pop-Ins.
What do you remember about those holidays?
Gosh, I remember so many things.
It's the first time I remember seeing
my grandmother's arms bare.
I knew those tattoos meant something seismic.
Yeah, h-how did you know?
I just sensed it.
Did your family discuss it?
Who else are you talking to?
I can't disclose that, Irwin.
You know, my parents, uh, they couldn't go there.
They rarely discussed it.
It's so mysterious, isn't it?
Why some families talk.
Some don't.
The money Weinstein was spending was, you know, crazy.
I tried.
I tried many times to
get the board to do something about him, but they just kept
ignoring his behavior and keeping him on.
Why is that?
Have you talked to L.O.C.?
Or, uh, Z.P.?
Who is L.O.C.?
There was this memo.
Let me ask you something, Jodi, that's really puzzling me.
Why are you asking about the '90s
when Weinstein has committed so many more recent offenses?
I got to go.
- I'll give you a call. - Irwin.
Mom.
I had a nightmare.
Oh, honey, come here.
It's okay. It's okay.
I heard that Ambra Battilana Gutierrez
just got a seven-figure settlement.
And that Weinstein now owns the audio of the incident?
These settlements, Lanny...
what are we talking?
I can't tell you that, Megan.
You know that.
I'm not talking about naming you, of course.
It would just be great for background
to know a number
of the other settlements that you're aware of.
- I'm not a bad guy here. - I know that.
My profession is to get the facts
into the hands of reporters, but...
you know, I can't help.
I keep getting 40 in my head.
Which would be ridiculous, right?
Right?
It's not 40.
Seriously, it's-it's, uh, less than 40.
Good. That's a relief.
Sure.
So...
less than half of 40, then?
Check.
Oh, and what the fuck, Lanny?
We heard that Ronan Farrow is working on a story.
No, no.
That is done. Over.
I don't see you as a bad guy, Lanny.
I-I don't. I never have. I respect you.
Uh, I respect you.
This is all gonna come out, Lanny.
Publicly.
Generally does.
Okay.
Wh... What am I laughing about?
Oh, Megan.
Lanny.
I'd say eight to 12 settlements.
And do you think that's normal?
For men to make so many payoffs?
I do. Yeah.
It feels like we're so close.
Do you think we'll get it? What if we don't?
I'm having nightmares about him.
- Oh, my God. I have them, too. - Yeah?
I'm terrified we know all this
and we might go to our graves knowing it.
The story will run.
My worry is people won't care.
And he won't even be slowed down, let alone stopped.
It's like an ocean of wrongdoing.
I mean, can you imagine
how many Harveys there are out there, every day?
I sometimes wonder...
when I had Mira, if...
if all the trauma, not just in me but in...
but in all w-women I talked to, if it just...
this darkness, this constant violence,
if it just sort of imploded.
Maybe-maybe that's part of the depression that hits women.
Do you wish you hadn't signed up for this story?
Do you?
No.
The last time we met, you mentioned a memo?
It was, uh, from an ex-executive,
and it was extensive, scathing.
She sent it to the board.
When was this? How did they react?
Oh, it was a short burst of behind-doors mayhem,
and then she left.
What did her memo say?
That the company was a toxic environment.
Would anyone have a copy?
Hey.
- Sorry it's so late. - Mm.
You okay?
Uh, Talia was up late.
Violet woke up twice.
I have an inbox filled with enraged people
about this insurance story, which is going to be huge.
There's already hundreds of emails here,
and there is...
a hurricane heading towards Florida.
So, I am going to somehow fly down there
and move my dad someplace else
before he is literally blown away.
And I have a slight nervous twitch in my eye.
Let me see.
- Hey. Hey. - Come here, Crabby.
Get that raisin. Holly?
Slow down!
Um, here. Will you hold Crabby for a second?
Least they're having fun.
Hi. This is Jodi Kantor.
This is Rowena Chiu.
I'm in New York.
Do you still want to meet up?
I couldn't tell anyone.
Not my parents, not even my husband.
Why not?
I grew up in an immigrant household.
I was taught to keep my head down,
work hard and not draw attention to myself, you know?
In Chinese culture,
I felt I had to protect my family at all costs.
And I was young, scared.
Can you tell me anything about what happened in Venice?
This is off the record, yeah?
I had the evening shifts,
going through notes on screenplays with Harvey.
One night, we were working, and he kept trying to touch me.
I didn't want to make him angry.
He's a very big man.
I kept trying to get back to the notes.
And that went on for a few hours,
just trying to avoid him.
How did you do that?
I would just fight him off.
I'd worn two pairs of tights
to buy me some time if I ever needed it.
But finally,
he held me down.
Not forcefully, but like it was a game.
Then he parted my legs,
and he said...
"Please, just one thrust, and it'll all be over."
I got away.
I was traumatized.
I was a Christian.
I was still with my first boyfriend.
And you shared this with Zelda?
Zelda was completely enraged and very brave in facing him.
We both resigned.
But I couldn't get a new job after leaving Miramax.
Everyone kept saying, if I worked for Harvey,
why would I leave?
The NDA that we signed,
it stipulated that if I ever had trouble
getting a job in film again, I was to go back to Harvey
or his lawyer Hutensky for help.
I asked them for a reference,
and Hutensky, he kept repeating...
What? What was he saying?
How much Harvey valued me.
We agreed I would return to Miramax
under strict conditions.
So I signed for Hong Kong.
I thought he would be far enough away.
I thought I'd be okay.
But it was horrible.
I was a mess.
I felt incredibly alone.
I couldn't tell anyone about I,
and the isolation just ate into me.
One day, I disappeared from work.
I wanted to be dead.
I didn't know how to be,
how to keep going, living with it.
I tried to kill myself, but I didn't know how.
I felt I failed at even that.
I want to give you this.
It's a description from an actress
you would know and recognize.
Mm.
What?
This person won't go on the record.
I can't put her in the story.
Uh... I-I didn't...
I-I didn't know anything like this.
I-I thought it was just e-extramarital bullshit.
It's not.
Do with it what you want.
They have seen
not a single bit of aid or assistance,
and it's about 45 minutes' drive...
Shit.
This is it.
For your records, November 3rd, 2015.
I have experienced repeated harassment and abuse
from the head of this company.
I am a 28-year-old woman trying to make a living and a career.
I am a professional.
I am sexualized and diminished.
I have been fearful about speaking up,
but remaining silent is causing me great distress.
He told me, "I'm a bad boy,
but what's important is that I'm honest about it."
He said the only thing I was good for was making babies.
An assistant told me Harvey made her give him a massage
while he was naked.
It was horrible to see her so upset.
When I complained to their human resources executive,
the response was,
"Let us know if he hits you or crosses a line physically."
Harvey Weinstein is a 64-year-old world-famous man,
and this is his company.
The balance of power is me zero, Harvey Weinstein ten.
Go write.
You've got the story.
Once we publish, everything else will come out.
And talk to Lauren O'Connor.
Yeah. -DEAN: Get ahold of the Weinstein Company board
for their response.
Let me call Lance Maerov.
Write it. Let's get ready.
My client does not want to be named.
That memo was never for public distribution.
Lauren?
My client is here,
but she's too upset to speak.
Lauren, I'm sorry
this is difficult for you.
We're not gonna publish the whole memo.
And we will make it absolutely clear
you were not the source and that you declined to comment.
But we do intend to use your name for its credibility.
If you were a victim of sexual assault,
we would absolutely keep your anonymity.
But as a witness to what went on,
it would make this story much stronger to name you.
Hi, Lance. This is Megan Twohey from The New York Times.
We have a memo here from Lauren O'Connor
to The Weinstein Company.
- What? Sh... - We want to know,
- what did you do about it? - Shit.
What did the board do about it?
Lance?
We did try to change things
with the police complaint in 2015.
What about this memo?
It was there and then it was gone?
Look, we were all worried about Harvey's behavior.
Can I quote you, Lance?
Yes. Yes, you can.
So, Lauren's complaint?
It was withdrawn days after it was sent.
So, yeah, I let it go.
Well, why do you think it was withdrawn?
I really don't know why.
Look, are you sure that this isn't just young women
who want to sleep with a movie producer to try to get ahead?
We have decades of allegations,
accusations of harassment, assault,
rape and multiple settlements.
I know you're gonna need to speak to the board,
but could you wait until after the weekend?
Is that possible?
Okay.
Ashley, I know that ideally a lot of women
would be jumping together, but that's not what's happening.
But we do have a series of incidents
and a predatory pattern.
You would be coming forward alone,
but you would be standing on a mountain of evidence.
Ashley?
Yes. I'll think about it very seriously, Jodi.
I promise.
Thank you, Ashley.
We go with what we have.
I know we need to be mindful of The New Yorker,
but couldn't we wait just a little longer,
just-just for these women to commit?
No. We need to publish.
It's nothing like the whole story.
This can be the first arrow.
More women will come forward afterwards.
It could be so much stronger, Dean.
It's solid.
We need to go.
How much time will we give Weinstein to respond?
- 24 hours? - I'd double it.
48 hours.
- That's fair. - Two days?
How many people could Harvey and his team talk to
in that amount of time?
David?
I'd go with Rebecca.
We want to be irreproachable from the legal side.
Good. Let's call Lanny.
We'll ask to speak to Harvey and his team at 1:00 tomorrow.
We'll tell them what we have and give him, um,
two days to respond or refute.
It's midnight. Go home.
- We will. - Good night.
If just one of the women would have gone on the record...
Why is he taking the tunnel?
We just needed one woman.
Jodi, stop it.
Let it go.
Maybe if we had been able
to get them all into a room together.
A room would make no difference.
They don't want to go on the record by themselves.
Would you want to?
Hi.
You. Hi.
Hi.
It's been two fucking hours.
It's a tactic, but I have things to do.
- Hello? - Dean?
I have Harvey Weinstein and his lawyer Charles Harder for you.
Okay, let's go, team.
- You ready? - We're ready.
Put them through.
Harvey?
Charles?
Dean.
How do you want to do this, Harvey?
I don't want to do this is what I want.
Are they there? The reporters?
We're all here.
Who have you talked to?
We've sent you who we're covering, Harvey.
Who have you talked to?
Harvey, we need some...
Are you talking to Gwyneth Paltrow?
Gwyneth's not in the story, Harvey.
Why don't you tell me who's on the record
and let me respond to that?
Yeah.
Harvey, how many settlements
have you paid out over the years?
We were told eight to 12.
That's you talking. That's not me talking.
If Lanny spoke, he spoke for himself
and not on behalf of his client.
How much time are you giving us to respond?
We need two weeks.
You'll have two days.
This goes back to the '90s.
If you mess up and don't tell the truth,
how do you look yourself in the eye?
It's been 90 minutes, Harvey, and we're gonna wrap it up now.
Harvey's just disputed Lanny's eight to 12.
We have to have corroboration.
Eight to 12 settlements has to be backed up.
Who can you call at the company? -
I'll ask David Glasser.
It's Ashley.
Pick up. Answer it.
I am. I am.
Ashley.
How are you?
I'm good. Yeah. I'm good.
I just went for a run.
That's great. That's great.
Running is good.
I talked to my lawyer, and I've been thinking about
what the right thing to do is.
Yeah. Of course.
Of course.
And?
I'm prepared to be a named source in your investigation.
I have to.
As a woman and a Christian.
Jodi?
Yes.
We'll speak soon.
Yes.
Ashley, thank you.
Thank you.
Ashley said yes.
She said yes.
Ashley said yes.
She did, Jodi. She did.
Okay.
Here we go with the whole damn story.
The lede is Ashley Judd's account
of the Peninsula suite.
Get a good Judd quote to end the section.
- I'm on it. - We publish
as soon as the piece is in good shape. Let's go.
- Hello? - Hi, David.
This is Megan Twohey from The New York Times.
I thought it was fair to give you, as company president,
a chance to comment.
Are you up to speed with everything?
I am.
The board had an emergency conference call.
David, the eight to 12 settlements,
we have conflicting reports.
We don't need to name you, but would you confirm for me
that eight to 12 is accurate?
How many?
Eight to 12.
Are we safe using that figure?
Eight to 12.
Uh, yeah. Yes. That's, uh, accurate.
I appreciate it, David. Thank you.
David Glasser says yes to eight to 12 settlements.
It's not enough time.
- And it's not just me here. - Right. Yeah.
You must know that, right?
Yeah. I understand it's difficult.
What's happening? Is Harvey on the phone?
It's Lanny. Weinstein is refusing to give a response.
- Okay. - Right?
Yeah. No, Lanny, I hear you.
Listen, I can't pull a rabbit out of a hat here.
We need more time. Here's the thing, Megan...
Lanny, I'm sick of this shit.
You've got five different lawyers reaching out to us.
We're not talking to five different lawyers.
Get your people in line and get back to us with your response.
This is not a response. This is a novel.
They call the women liars and the journalism false.
It's legalistic bullying.
I sent back three paragraphs to counter their 18 pages.
I've asked for their data, and I invite them to court.
Uh, let's see how long before they get back to us.
Waiting time's up.
Weinstein wants to meet. He's on his way here.
Do we let him in?
Let him in.
I've got this.
- Hi, Lisa. - Hi.
- Is this everyone? - Yeah.
Okay, follow me.
That's what you're gonna do.
We have the folders. We've got evidence.
- You're a good writer, Megan. - Here you go.
Are you really willing to stake your reputation on this story?
And he's smiling at her.
Would you be smiling if this had happened to you?
None of these women are credible witnesses.
- Nothing but thieves. - She's a nut.
She's a shakedown artist.
Is it there? Is it online?
Yes. They have it, too.
So it's in both.
What happened?
What you'd expect.
Trying to discredit the actresses.
What's wrong?
Harvey and his team have spoken
to Variety and Hollywood Reporter.
- What? - About us and the story.
He claims to be surprised by it.
This is bad.
You have to write fast.
We've just lost any privacy.
Let me see the lede.
No, I think that we have to lead with this.
So that has to be at the top of the paragraph.
I think it's fine as two, don't you?
I think it's right.
Go home. I'll check this.
Really?
And they're really appealing to people.
If you know anything, please come forward.
Why shouldn't I just do
a fucking interview right now with The Washington Post
based on your lack of transparency?
You want some sort of list of who we're talking to
for this story, and if we don't disclose it to you,
you're threatening us?
If you're using Gwyneth Paltrow, tell me.
We're not using Gwyneth Paltrow.
Are you talking to Gwyneth Paltrow?
Hey, Harvey, this is Dean. Here's the deal.
You need to give us your statement now.
I'm about to push the button.
Dean, let me tell you something about intimidation.
I'll talk to The Post. I will.
Call them. That's fine.
You can call The Post.
Harvey, I'm trying to be fair with you.
You are intimidating me, Dean.
No, I'm trying to get your statement.
Please give it to us now.
We're about to publish.
- I want to give it to you. - Thank you.
Is Gwyneth in it?
DEAN and MEGAN: She's not in the story.
So here's what we need to do, Harvey.
We want to give you every word that you want to say.
So say it.
I also have a newspaper to put out.
I'm gonna walk out.
Talk to my reporters. Take care.
Good luck.
You have a reckless disregard for the truth.
You want a-a hit story, and these allegations are false.
We don't want a hit story, Lisa.
Harvey's going to take some time off
to focus on this issue.
Are you, Harvey?
Yes. I'm gonna take time off.
From the company?
Yes. I want to spend some time learning.
Learning and listening to me.
He's going to take a leave of absence.
Double space here.
And here.
It's Laura.
Perfect.
Hi. Laura, how are you?
Yes, I'm okay.
Today's my surgery. I'm about to go in.
Um, look, I never signed any contract.
I'm not gagged, and I want to speak out
on behalf of the women who can't.
I have three daughters, and I don't want them
to ever accept abuse or bullying as normal.
You can use anything I've said.
I'll do it.
I'll go on the record.
Thank you, Laura.
Thank you.
I'll be thinking of you.
Oh, Laura.
Oh, beautiful, beautiful Laura.
Are you okay, Laura?
Yes. I'm fine.
Thank you.
I really am.
The statements are in. I'm pulling quotes.
Yep.
So, do you... Okay. You're so good.
Have you pulled the quotes?
I'm doing it now.
It's ready to go.
Let's read it together one last time.
- Yeah. - One second.
Yeah.
Okay?
- Yeah. - Okay.