>>> THE JURIES IN THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN STARTED DELIBERATING
TODAY AND WE WENT THROUGH THE
MAJOR EVENTS.
MAJOR EVENTS. WE SHOULD WARN YOU SOME OF THE
DETAILS ARE GRAPHIC.
>> HARVEY WEINSTEIN, ONCE ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN
HOLLYWOOD.
HOLLYWOOD. A NAME IN FILMOGRAPHY KNOWN
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT THAT FAME
TURNED TO INFAMY AS DOZENS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT REPUTATIONS
REVEALED A DARK SIDE HE FLIED TO
HIDE.
HIDE. TWO RELEASED A STORY WITH "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" THAT CENTERED
AROUND A NUMBER OF ALLEGATIONS
MADE BY DIFFERENT WOMEN AGAINST
HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN. THIS INCLUDED FAMOUS ACTRESSES
LIKE ROSE McGOWAN AND ASHLEY
JUDD.
JUDD. THE VERY SAME DAY, WEINSTEIN
ISSUED A RESPONSE TO "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" ARTICLE SAYING HE
WAS RAISED IN AN EARLIER TIME
WHEN THE RULES IN BEHAVIOR ABOUT
WORKPLACES WERE DIFFERENT.
HE FOLLOWED THAT WITH AN APOLOGY
SAYING HE HAD A LONG WAY THE GO
AND WEINSTEIN SAID HE WAS TAKING
A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE
WEINSTEIN COMPANY.
WEINSTEIN COMPANY. A FEW DAYS LATER IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAD
ACTUALLY BEEN FIRED BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEINSTEIN
COMPANY.
COMPANY. ON OCTOBER 10, 2017, THE NEW
YORKER PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE BY
RONAN FARROW DETAILS EVEN MORE
DAMAGING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
WEINSTEIN.
WEINSTEIN. THEN MORE WOMEN CAME FORWARD.
THERE WAS ACCUSATIONS FROM
ANGELINA JOLIE, GWYNETH PALTROW
AND MANY OTHERS WHO WANTED TO
SHARE THEIR STORIES AND GEORGINA
KAPLAN, HIS WIFE, ANNOUNCED HE
WAS LEAVING HIM.
ON OCTOBER 14th, WEINSTEIN WAS
EXPELLED FROM THE ACADEMY.
FIVE DAYS LATER TOM HANKS TOLD
THE BBC THERE WAS NO WAY BACK
FOR WEINSTEIN, PREDICTING HIS
LAST NAME WOULD BE A MONIKER FOR
A STATE OF BEING AND ON FEBRUARY
2, 2018, HIS MEMBERSHIP WAS
TERMINATED.
TERMINATED. THEN THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
OFFICIALLY DECLARED BANKRUPTCY.
THIS PROCESS VOIDED ALL THE
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS IT HAD
REACHED WITH HIS ACCUSERS.
QUOTE, NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID
TO SPEAK OUT OR COERCED TO STAY
QUIET.
QUIET. THE COMPANY THANKS THE
COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD. ON MAY 25, 2018, HARVEY
WEINSTEIN TURNED HIMSELF INTO
THE NYPD.
THE NYPD. HE WAS FACING SEXUAL ABUSE AND
RAPE CHARGES.
RAPE CHARGES. HE WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY ON
$1 MILLION BAIL.
WEINSTEIN WAS CHARGED WITH TWO
COUNTS OF FORCIBLE SEX ACTS
AGAINST TWO UNNAMED WOMEN.
ONE IN 2013 AND ONE IN 2014.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO BOTH.
IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, WEINSTEIN
FACED A NEW CHARGE OF PREDATORY
SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR A CASE FROM
2006 WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY FORCED A
WOMAN INTO ORAL SEX.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THIS AS
WELL.
WELL. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS MORE WOMEN CAME FORWARD
TO ALLEGE THEY WERE ASSAULTED.
BY OCTOBER 2018, THERE WERE SIX
OFFICIAL CHARGES OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT AGAINST WEINSTEIN BUT
ONE WAS THROWN OUT BY THE COURT.
ON DECEMBER 11, 2019, THE NOW
BANKRUPT WEINSTEIN COMPANY
REACHED A SETTLEMENT DEAL WITH
THE ALLEGED VICTIMS.
$25 MILLION WAS SPLIT AMONGST 30
WOMEN MOSTLY ACTRESSES ALTHOUGH
SOME OBJECTED TO THE DEAL.
ON THE SAME DAY THAT HE APPEARED
IN COURT HUNCHED OVER A WALKER.
ON JANUARY 6, 2020, WEINSTEIN’S
TRIAL FINALLY BEGAN IN NEW YORK
CITY.
CITY. AFTER ALREADY BEING DELAYED
ONCE.
ONCE. MANY OF HIS ACCUSERS STOOD
OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM MAKING
SPEECHES BEFORE THE JURY
SELECTION BEGAN.
SELECTION BEGAN. >> THE TRIAL MEANS SO MUCH TO SO
MANY.
MANY. >> IN LOS ANGELES, COUNTY
PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCED NEW CHARGES
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE BY
HIM AS WELL.
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HARVEY
WEINSTEIN SPARKED A MOVEMENT
DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
FOREVER RESHAPING THE
CONVERSATION AROUND SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND ABUSES OF POWER.