JOINING ME, ONE OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S ACCUSERS AND HER
ATTORNEY, GLORIA ALLRED.
WE WERE SAYING WHAT A GREAT DAY
IT WAS.
IT WAS. IT TOOK YEARS AND MILLIONS OF
VOICES RAISED FOR ONE MAN TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. NOW THAT IT HAS, MIMI, HOW DOES
IT FEEL TO BE ONE OF THE KEY
VOICES.
VOICES. >> I AM HAPPY WE GOT THERE.
I JUST HOPE THAT IT WILL KEEP
EVOLVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY A NEW
DAY, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE
THAT WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS AND
SO YEAH, I’M JUST VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL THAT THE JURY SHOWED
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE REALITY
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT VICTIMS.
ASSAULT VICTIMS. THESE PARTICULAR OBVIOUSLY, BUT
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES WHERE WE’RE
AT.
AT. >> SHE WAS SO BRAVE, AND OF
COURSE SHE IS THE VICTIM FOR
WHOM CHARGES WERE FILED OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL
ASSAULT, AND HE WAS CONVICTED
THEY FOUND BEYOND A REASONABLE
DOUBT, THAT HE SHOULD BE
CONVICTED OF IT.
NOW HE FACES SENTENCE OF BETWEEN
10 AND 25 YEARS BECAUSE MIMI HAD
THE COURAGE TO TESTIFY.
AND THAT’S SO, I MEAN, IT IS
AMAZING.
AMAZING. AND THIS IS THE RESULT.
>> TO PUT THAT COURAGE INTO SOME
PERSPECTIVE, TAKING ON THIS
POWERFUL MAN KNOWING THAT
HISTORY WAS NOT WITH YOU, MEN
WALK AWAY FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND RAPE ALL THE TIME AND EVEN
WHEN CHARGES ARE BROUGHT,
THEY’RE OFTEN ACQUITTED.
DO YOU FEEL NOW, FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SECOND OF ALL, DO YOU FEEL NOW
YOU CAN SAY TO OTHER WOMEN YOU
CAN SAY YOUR TRUTH AND BE
BELIEVED?
BELIEVED? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I REALLY ABSOLUTELY FEEL
IT IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO KEEP SPEAKING THE
TRUTH AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THERE’S BEEN SOMETHING SET IN
MOTION THAT’S JUST UNSTOPPABLE
NOW, IT IS IRREVERSIBLE, WE
CANNOT GO BACK.
IT IS JUST NEW TIMES, YOU KNOW.
>> AND GLORIA, YOU HAVE BEEN A
CHAMPION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS A
LONG TIME, HELP US PUT THIS
MOMENT IN PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT
DO WE NEED TO STILL DO?
>> I DO, CHRIS, SEE THIS AS THE
AGE OF EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, THE
TIME WHEN WOMEN ARE NO LONGER
WILLING TO SUFFER IN SILENCE,
THEY’RE NO LONGER GOING TO LET
THEIR FEAR PARALYZE THEM, TURN
THAT FEAR AND RAGE INWARD AND BE
SELF DESTRUCTIVE, INSTEAD
THEY’RE TURNING IT OUTWARD INTO
CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION.
CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION. THEY’RE EITHER GOING TO SPEAK
OUT, GO TO PRIVATE LAWYERS TO
HAVE SETTLEMENTS OR THEY’RE
GOING TO GO AND FILE LAWSUITS OR
PARTICIPATE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THAT TOOK AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF COURAGE
BECAUSE MIMI WAS SUBJECTED TO
INTENSE AND BRUTAL HOURS AND
HOURS OF CROSS EXAMINATION.
SHE WAS WILLING TO DO THAT AND
SPEAK HER TRUTH BECAUSE IT WAS
IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FOR
HER TO DO IT.
NOW WE MOVED FROM THE AGE OF
EMPOWERMENT TO LEGAL RECKONING.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES NOW ON
THE PERPETRATOR OF GENDER
VIOLENCE AGAINST HER AND THAT’S
BECAUSE SHE WAS BRAVE AND WAS
WILLING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.
>> IT COSTS A LOT PERSONALLY TO
CHANGE THIS, I THINK WE’RE ALL
VERY AWARE OF THAT, I CAN’T
IMAGINE WHAT YOU’VE BEEN
THROUGH.
THROUGH. WHAT MAKES IT WORTH IT?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I GET RANDOM
MESSAGES, NOT RANDOM, I GET
MESSAGES FROM WOMEN I DON’T KNOW
REACHING OUT TO ME ON SOCIAL
MEDIA OR IN PERSON SOMETIMES
JUST SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND THIS MEANS SO MUCH.
THEY’LL SHARE THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES AND TELL ME ABOUT
THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THIS
HELPED THEM DEAL WITH SOMETHING
IN THEIR LIFE THAT THEY WEREN’T
NECESSARILY BRAVE OR DIDN’T FEEL
COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP
ABOUT, SO THOSE TYPE OF
SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES MAKE ME FEEL
LIKE IT’S WORTH IT AND IT MAKES
ME FEEL IT WAS A GOOD -- IT WAS
THE RIGHT DECISION, EVEN BEFORE
THE VERDICT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY,
YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE VERDICT,
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE VERDICT
HAD BEEN, IT WOULDN’T HAVE
CHANGED WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, BUT
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS TERRIFYING TO
THINK MAYBE I WOULDN’T BE
BELIEVED.
BELIEVED. >> AND THIS IS NOT THE END FOR
HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN. AFTER THE SENTENCE WHICH IS
SCHEDULED MARCH 11th, MOVE ON,
HE WILL BE TAKEN QUICKLY TO LOS
ANGELES FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT ON
CHARGES AGAINST HIM THERE.
ONE OF MY CLIENTS, LAUREN, IS A
PERSON THAT TESTIFIED AS A
WITNESS, PRIOR BAD ACT WITNESS
IN THE NEW YORK CRIMINAL CASE.
SHE IS ONE OF THE TWO VICTIMS
FOR WHOM CHARGES WERE FILED IN
THE LOS ANGELES CASE.
SO HE’S GOT A WORLD OF TROUBLE
AHEAD OF HIM, AND THIS SENTENCE
WHICH COULD MEAN THAT HE COULD
BE SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE
IN PRISON DEPENDING WHAT THE
JUDGE DECIDES IS NOT GOING TO BE
ALL HE HAS TO SUFFER.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE SAID HE WAS
SURPRISED, ACCORDING TO HIS
ATTORNEYS.
ATTORNEYS. HE SAID I’M INNOCENT, HOW CAN
THIS HAPPEN IN AMERICA.
WELL, IT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE
WOMEN WERE BRAVE AND COURAGE IS
CONTAGIOUS.
CONTAGIOUS. >> GLORIA ALLRED, PERFECT WAY TO
END IT.