Chapter 1072: The Storm Hits

Actress Alyssa Milano has an academic background at Yale University and has performed on Broadway for many years. After the Harvey sex scandal erupted in full swing, Alyssa Milano said on Fly that if you've ever experienced the same thing, please reply to this tweet with "METOO."

Alyssa Milano's message was echoed by countless women, with hundreds of people replying to the message. Some people only wrote "METOO", which became an anti-sexual harassment label, and set off an anti-sexual harassment social movement in the United States, where once-silent victims came forward to publicly accuse the perpetrators.

Over the past three decades, Harvey has abused and harassed many women, who are afraid of Harvey's power and have to swallow their anger because they may not be able to get along in the film industry because they offend him, and now they are finally waiting for a chance to get justice.

Zelda Perkins, a former assistant at Miramax's London branch, has come forward to accuse Harvey of being sexually harassed by Harvey during her tenure. She also said she publicly accused Harvey of violating a non-disclosure agreement with him.

Rose McGowan, who played the guy who had her right leg amputated and then machine-gunned and killed the cool girl in "The Torture Room," pointed out that she was raped by Harvey in her hotel room at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Afterwards, the two parties reached a settlement agreement, and she donated all the $100,000 she received to a women's rights organization.

Mira Sovino, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the movie "Invincible Amilia", also said that during her re-filming of the film that Harvey invested, the latter not only sexually harassed her many times, but even tried to have sex with her.

As more and more victims came forward, Harvey had a premonition that something was wrong and issued another statement. This time, Harvey's tone was much more softened, and he "apologized here for the pain caused by the way he dealt with his colleagues in the past", and announced that he had taken a big vacation to go to psychotherapy.

However, while bowing his head and admitting his mistake, Harvey issued a statement through his lawyer, accusing Zhang Ran of maliciously smearing him and deliberately retaliating. He said that he would take Zhang Ran to court, that he would pay Zhang Ran $100 million in compensation, and promised to donate all the money to women's rights organizations.

It was at this moment that Johnny Cochran made a suggestion to Zhang Ran to bring Harvey's team of lawyers down. He told Zhang Ran that there are several women on Harvey's legal team, and the lead consultant, Lisa Bloom, is a well-known women's rights lawyer in the United States and has always been regarded as a hero by feminist organizations. Just point the finger at Lisa Bloom and say that she defends her predator and is complicit in her predator. Lisa Bloom, under the pressure of public opinion, will definitely withdraw from the defense.

Zhang Ran felt that it made sense, so he asked Liu Xiaoli to write an open letter in the name of a mother, pointing the finger at Lisa Bloom. Liu Xiaoli wrote in the letter: "You are a fighter for women's rights, a hero in the hearts of countless women, and at the same time, you are also a mother and a daughter, but now you are on the side of a villain who has repeatedly harassed and violated women, which is so disappointing! Your daughter has always been proud of you, and if she knew that her mother was defending a sexual predator, how sad they would be!"

Immediately after Liu's open letter was released, Lisa Bloom's Fly account and Facebook were swallowed up by invish and spurt. Netizens accused her of being a fake feminist and an accomplice and accomplice to the rapists.

As a female lawyer with a good reputation, Lisa Bloom knows what the consequences can be if she is identified by the population as an accomplice to a rapist. Lisa Bloom had no choice but to announce her withdrawal from Harvey's legal team. After Lisa Bloom withdrew, two other female lawyers on Harvey's legal team also announced their withdrawal and no longer defended Harvey.

The withdrawal of the three female lawyers and the vigorous launch of the METOO movement made the Weinstein Company realize that Harvey was in danger this time, and began to cut off his tail to survive, announcing that Harvey would be officially dismissed, effective immediately. The decision to fire Harvey was made after a vote by the board of directors, who also decided that Harvey's role would be temporarily taken over by his younger brother Bob Weinstein and the company's COO, David Glaser.

By this time, Harvey was already a betrayal, and anyone who was not blind could see that Harvey was completely finished, so the big stars of Hollywood, who had been in a wait-and-see state, appeared one after another.

Angelina Jolie sent an email to Time magazine saying that Harvey had sexually harassed her at the age of 23 during the release of her starring role in "Do What You Want" in 1998, and Jolie not only refused on the spot, but also did not work with her for decades, and also warned others who worked with him. Julie said that this kind of behavior towards women is unacceptable in any industry.

Charlize Theron said on Fly: "I'm sorry to say that I'm not surprised that this happened. This is not just the case in Hollywood, it's happening all over the world. Men in power have been doing whatever they want for too long. ”

Leonardo DiCaprio also spoke out in response to the Xavi sex scandal: "There are no excuses for sexual harassment and assault – no matter who you are or what position you are in. I applaud these women who have stood up and spoken out, who are full of courage and strength. And the collective silence of everyone in the circle in the past 30 years is also thought-provoking. ”

After the Harvey sex scandal broke out in full swing, the biggest headache was the female stars who had worked with Harvey many times and were pushed to the pinnacle of Harvey's career. They have been condemned and abused by many netizens, and some even accuse them of being Harvey's accomplices, and their silence is the root of acquiescence and connivance with Harvey, which is the problem.

Now that Harvey has completely lost power, they naturally can't sit still, and they have come out to clear up their relationship with Harvey.

The first to stand up was the actress Dressnice Paltrow, who won the 1999 Oscar for Harvey's investment in the film "Shakespeare in Love". Paltrow claimed that before starring in Harvey's film "Emma," Weinstein invited her to a meeting at his hotel, when she was 22 years old. Upon arriving at his room, Harvey began to stroke Paltrow and let her massage herself, when she was stupefied. Paltrow said. She told her boyfriend Brad Pitt about it, and Pitt warned Harvey not to harass him. Harvey then yelled at Paltrow, warning her not to tell anyone about it again.

Merrill Streep, who has worked with Harvey many times, also condemned Harvey and said: "It's a shameful thing that those of us who have worked with him and won awards are quite surprised, and the women who are willing to jump forward are our heroes." However, she insisted that not everyone knew about Harvey's misdeeds, and that she had known nothing about Harvey's misdeeds until then.

Nicole Jack Deman expressed her support for all the women who stood up and stood up to it: "I have a huge support for all the women who stand up against all the abuse and abuse of power, whether it's domestic violence or sexual harassment of women in the workplace, we need to eradicate this kind of behavior. ”

Jennifer Lawrence, who has been popular with Harvey in the last two years, wrote in a statement: "In the three years I have worked with Harvey Weinstein, I have neither been sexually harassed in any way, nor have I heard of any allegations related to this. My heart is with these women who have suffered a disgusting and horrific experience, and I want to thank them for their courage to stand up."

As the Harvey sex scandal fermented, the list of victims expanded from Hollywood to overseas, including Carla Delevei, known as the British Jingtian, French actor Eva Green, Italian actor Elsa Argento, etc., and the entire list of victims expanded to 100 people.

At this time, Liu Xiaoli felt that the overall situation had been decided, and Liu Yifei had been locked up for seven days, it was time to let her out, so she discussed with Zhang Ran: "Teacher Zhang, now we have won." Is it possible to bail Sissi out now? I know she's very bad at you, and you don't want to see her. But I believe that after this incident, she should know that she was wrong. ”

Zhang Ran waved his hand and said, "Things are not what you think, if we bail her out, it seems that it is us who are wrong." This is simply not right, we should let the police release the people on their own initiative. Now that Harvey should be finished, we will organize people to protest at the police station and ask them to release the buns. I thought so, when she was released by the police, a large number of people would gather at the scene, as well as TV reporters, and let Baozi give a speech at that time. Later, I'll ask someone to write a manuscript, and you can bring it in and give it to the bun and let her memorize it. We take this opportunity to make her a feminist fighter and a hero in the hearts of thousands of women!"

Nowadays, it is particularly popular in American society to sell feminist characters, especially Hollywood female stars, who talk about women's rights at every turn, making them seem as if they are really feminists. If Liu Yifei can take this opportunity to make herself a representative of the feminist movement, it will greatly increase her popularity, and her development in Hollywood will be much smoother.

Liu Xiaoli then understood what was going on, Zhang Ran did see the problem much farther than herself, and said sincerely: "Teacher Zhang, I listen to your arrangement!"

Just then, the head of the PR team came in. He lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Zhang, Harvey is starting to ask for help!" Harvey sent an email to several high-ranking Hollywood executives in his personal mailbox, asking them to help save his career and keep his job. At the same time, he also sent a distress letter to some politicians asking them to help him out of his current predicament. ”

Mr. Harvey turned to Hollywood executives and politicians for help, and Mr. Zhang was not at all surprised. Harvey opened *** just to let these people pull themselves at a critical moment. But now that anti-sexual harassment has become a social movement, no Hollywood executive dares to stand up for Harvey at this time, and that will definitely drag him into the water. But those politicians who are pinched by Harvey may be pulling Harvey in secret.

Since Zhang Ran decided to defeat Harvey, he would not allow these people to come out and harm his own affairs. At noon that day, Zhang Ran spoke again on the Internet: "Things have developed so far, I believe everyone understands what is going on." Harvey Weinstein's attempt to assault my student was met with her encouragement to resist. During the fight, she kicked Weinstein. She is a brave girl who deserves everyone's applause. But when she rushed to the police station to call the police, she was arrested by the police because she kicked and injured Weinstein. A girl kicks and injures her abuser while resisting sexual assault, but the girl is arrested while the real culprit is on the loose. Now I want to ask, why is that?"

Shortly after Mr. Zhang's outing, an article in the New York Times noted that Harvey had been a significant donor and fundraiser for the Democratic Party for many years, and that since 2000, Weinstein has personally contributed nearly $1 million to the Democratic Party. One of Harvey's defense attorneys, Elkan, whose clients include the governor of California, is also a partner at a firm that hired Beverly Hills District Attorney Sellers Vance.