Chapter 633: The Storm Hits

The New York Times suddenly revealed the shocking secret that several current and former employees of Weinstein & Co. had been sexually assaulted by Weinstein while working at the company.

The New York Times said that over the decades, in an effort to quell the controversy, Weinstein had signed legal agreements with at least eight women he sexually assaulted, and now those agreements have gone viral.

This legend in the independent film industry is notorious in the industry and has a 20-year history of sexual assault.

That's big news.

The victims, who ranged in their 20s to 40s, were mostly actresses and female employees of the company who had worked on Weinstein's films, and had been involved in the case for 20 years, and although they came from different races and even different countries, their victimization experiences were similar.

They all received a message from Weinstein that they had an "audition" or an important meeting and invited them to his hotel.

Although Weinstein lives in New York, his "audition" addresses include the Peninsula Hotel in Los Angeles, the Savoy Hotel in London, the Cape Eden Ho Hotel in Cannes, and the Deer Valley Stan Erickson Lodge near the Sundance Film Festival address.

Most of these women who were invited to the conference were very young, with neither experience nor connections in the circle, so they suffered from a chance to get ahead, on one side of the shining star career, and on the other side there was a distant struggle and waiting, and even because of Weinstein's revenge, the future was ruined, and some of them were forced to choose to accept.

As soon as the report came out, one stone stirred up a thousand waves.

According to the New York Times, the report originated from an email sent to senior executives by an assistant to Weinstein because he couldn't stand the company's "unhealthy atmosphere," which detailed the entire process of another female employee of the company who had an emotional breakdown after being sexually harassed by Weinstein.

This kind of thing happened at this juncture, which shocked the Weinstein brothers, and as soon as they said that Mark was going to mess with them, unfavorable news immediately came out.

They immediately instructed their lawyers, denied the matter, and claimed that the email had been stolen by a New York Times reporter by improper means, and that after Weinstein stated that it was a "false private statement," it was published despite dissuasion, and that they would pursue the New York Times for leaking citizens' privacy.

The New York Times is not a vegetarian either, and after getting the email, they found multiple sources to verify it, and there were also many women who were willing to testify by their real names, and the sexual harassment was real, and they immediately published the agreements and content, and published the testimonies of some victims.

But unfortunately, as soon as the report came out, another female reporter soon said that many years ago, Weinstein had also held a silver hand in front of a flower pot in a restaurant in New York in front of her.....

Among the most famous victims released are actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.

In 1999, Ashley Judd became a Hollywood A-list actress with the success of "Double Conspiracy". He has also been selected as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world" by People magazine many times.

Ashley Judd said Weinstein sexually harassed her at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 10 years ago.

She was first invited to the hotel for breakfast. When she arrived at the hotel, she was asked to go to Weinstein's suite and asked if she could give him a massage, and after she refused, she was asked if she would like to visit Weinstein to take a bath, and she refused again, and Weinstein made various requests, such as letting her choose the clothes she wore today, etc.

In the face of Weinstein's endless pestering, she could only pretend to be calm in order to escape the room, "If you want to touch me, then you have to let me win an Oscar first." ”

Another actress, Rose McGowan, was sexually harassed by Weinstein at the Sundance Film Festival, but she had reached a private settlement agreement with Weinstein as early as 1997 and received $100,000 in compensation, and now she has announced this agreement.

"It's illegal to publish this agreement, but I'm willing to accept the law in order to let people see the true face of this beast-hearted hypocrite," McGowan said. ”

These two crits based on evidence have caused an uproar in the entertainment debate!

The Weinstein brothers were also stunned! The storm was coming too violently.

They thought this was over, but they were very wrong, Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment incident came out again, and the "Time Magazine" report that said before that "it was also investigating this matter" came: a number of well-known actresses testified with their real names, and three of them even accused Harvey of being raped, and also revealed that Harvey's company was sexually assaulted on the grounds of acting work, arranged for him to meet women, and he settled the police example.

The main content of the report is shocking, with mosaics and ** pronouns in many places, and like the New York Times report, the "Time Magazine" report has also undergone a long-term investigation, and the evidence is very detailed. Journalist Ronan Farrow claimed that it took 10 months of investigation to complete the report.

Three of the women interviewed by Farrow claimed to have been raped by Harvey Weinstein, four women claimed to have been touched by Harvey unwillingly, and he had been naked or with his hands in front of them.

Among the three women who were said to have been raped by Harvey Weinstein are the well-known Italian actress Aisha Argento and the young woman Lucia Evans, who wants to be an actress.

Argento is a well-known Italian actress, model, singer and director, who starred in Miramax's film "Too Crazy Heart" in 1997, when she was only 21 years old when she was invited by the producer to attend an industry party at the Duzhang Hotel, but she was sent to a hotel room, where Harvey Weinstein waited, Harvey first asked her to give her a massage, then made her spread her legs, ignored her repeated requests, and forcibly gave her a mouth*.

Lucia Evans wanted to be an actress, and Harvey took advantage of that, and according to Evans, in 2004, Harvey Weinstein forced her to speak for her while she was still a senior in college.* She kept begging for mercy and finally had to give up.

"The most horrific thing is that he was able to sexually assault so many women because the women who were assaulted gave up resisting and thought it was their own fault," Evans said. ”

After the forcible behavior, Harvey Weinstein also continued to contact Argento and Evans, both of whom did not expose the matter because they were worried about their careers, and most of them succumbed to obscenity because of their work, and in the face of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment, not everyone stopped resisting, and they were all worried about Harvey's retaliation.

According to the report, all of those interviewed were very worried about reprisals, including two actresses, Mila Sovino and Rozanne Arquette, who rejected Xavi.

Sovino has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's "The Invincible Amy", collaborated with Hollywood-based Chow Yun-fat in "The Stand-in Killer", and has also starred in many films produced by Harvey Weinstein. Arquette has starred in "Desperate to Find Marshan" and "Vulgar".

Harvey Weinstein often bragged about discrediting opponents through the media, as she had heard from multiple sources and feared that disobeying him would ruin her career, Ms. Sovino said. Frightened, she had to keep in touch with Harvey, who not only sexually harassed her several times, but also tried to have sex with her.

According to Sovino's recollection, in 1995 she attended the Toronto Film Festival to promote the film "Invincible Amy", and Harvey was the film's producer. In a hotel room, Harvey not only massages her, but also chases her all the way, trying to have sex with her, and eventually she stays away from Harvey, who later hands her in front of her*.

Arquette had a similar story. She was given a script and arranged to meet Harvey at the Beverly Hills Hotel, who asked to meet her alone in a room. Harvey first asked her to massage herself, but when she refused, he grabbed her hand and put it on his organs. Harvey not only threatened her at the time, but also named an actress and a female model who had succumbed to his obscenity.

A total of 16 former or current executives and aides of The Weinstein Company (or Miramax) said in interviews that they had witnessed or knew about Weinstein's sexual assault, Mr. Farrow reported.

These Harvey Weinstein employees said that many professional meetings arranged for actresses and models are actually to pave the way for sexual assault. The employees also said that Harvey Weinstein's actions were widely known to Miramax or Weinstein.

A former employee, Emily Nestor, said that as soon as she joined the company, two colleagues warned her that she was exactly the type Harvey liked. She was indeed harassed by Harvey after that. Other employees also said that the so-called career meetings were all Harvey's routine, and that he would call actresses or models to the meetings, and that the meetings would include some female employees and executives at the beginning, and then leave one after another, creating opportunities for Harvey to be alone with them.

A female model named Ambora Batilana Gutierrez met Harvey again the day after she was assaulted on the chest, escorted by plainclothes officers from the New York Police Department.

Harvey promised to hire a language teacher for Ambola and listed a list of actors who had helped him become famous.

Ambola firmly filed a lawsuit, but the police did not formally charge. Faced with Harvey's strong team of lawyers, she could only accept a sum of money and sign a relevant non-disclosure agreement.

All of this was announced, putting the Weinstein brothers on the cusp.

A news commentary pointed out: "The good atmosphere in Hollywood is corrupted by the likes of King Mark and Harvey Weinstein, and it must be known that absolute power corrupts people and turns away from the people, and no matter how powerful it is, it will disappear." ”

However, he immediately received a letter from MM's lawyer protesting that he had put Mark on a par with Weinstein, because Mark was just cheating, a moral issue, and this Weinstein was a crime.