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Fantastic Tuesday welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show and let's just jump into it and first thing we're gonna
Talk about today is this insane Harvey Weinstein story that is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger
Yesterday when we were talking about the Defy Media And Signore sexual harassment controversy Weinstein's name was mentioned understandably so I think the Weinstein
situation the- to a lesser extent the Andy Signore
Situation are showing people that they need to speak out
And I'm not blaming the victims here for being silent
But this is, I think, a showcase that there is a lot of support for victims to speak out. So what is and what has
been happening with the Harvey Weinstein situation?
Well about five days ago the New York Times put out an article around Harvey Weinstein, compiling multiple accounts of sexual conduct by Harvey Weinstein
and a lot of it seemed to show that he had been using the same technique over and over. Usually he'd invite the woman to
A hotel under the guise of it being a meeting, specifically in Los Angeles it would be the Peninsula Beverly Hills
But those meetings also took place internationally and not wanting to turn down an opportunity for career advancement these women would accept
And we're talking about Harvey Weinstein here
He's the co-founder of Miramax and the Weinstein Company right we're talking Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction,
Django Unchained, Lion, The King's Speech
Silver Linings Playbook, Inglorious Bastards, the list goes on. This could be a huge deal for your career. But when the women would show up
To the hotel they would be guided to Weinstein's personal room and there we have now many reports of
somewhat of the same situation. In 1991 you had Laura Madden
She's a former employee of Weinstein. Reportedly Weinstein would repeatedly ask for
Massages in hotels. Early 90s Rosanna Arquette agreed to meet Weinstein at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when she gets there
she's directed to his room where she finds him wearing a bathrobe at one point allegedly he tries to force her to give him a
Neck massage. When she refuses, he then tries to force her hands onto his erect penis. Ashley Judd has also spoken out on
Weinstein shows up to the hotel guided to his personal room
He repeatedly asks for massages and then asks for her to watch him shower
She declines all the advances and what's really messed up is she said her mindset was how do I get out of the room as?
Fast as possible without alienating
Harvey Weinstein I mean for me
That's the extremely telling part of the power difference between the two people in that room. At the Toronto International Film Festival,
Weinstein arranged a meeting with Mira Sorvino, she recalls he started massaging my shoulders which made me very uncomfortable
And then he tried to get more physical sort of chasing me around. In that instance
She said she got out of the room, but then months later
He continued to follow her actually showing up to her apartment. Rose McGowan talked about an incident
In a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival in 97. In that situation a settlement was agreed upon between
Weinstein and McGowan. In the same year you had Asia
Argento, an Italian actress and director, she claimed the Weinstein performed unwanted oral sex on her
But here some people say the claim is a little more complicated than the other
Instances this because of the fact that she went on to have consensual
Relations with Weinstein. But to that Argento says because of Weinstein's role as her producer for her movie
B. Monkey she felt like she had to comply in 98 you had
Zelda Perkins one of his assistants in London reportedly she confronted Weinstein on his inappropriate behavior even threatening to go public
Reportedly one of Miramax's lawyers was then sent to reach a settlement with her in
2004 you have Lucia Evans she agreed to a meeting at Weinstein's Tribeca office she was told there was going to be a female casting executive and Weinstein
There she said she was quickly left alone with Weinstein and he forced her to perform oral sex on him saying quote
"He's a big guy. He overpowered me. I just sort of gave up
That's the most horrible part of it
and that's why he's been able to do it for so long to so many women people give up and then they feel like it's
their fault."
In 2010 there was Emma de Caunes, Weinstein reportedly said he had a script for her she showed up to the hotel room and he
Was just naked and displayed his erect penis. He told to get on the bed
She instead left quickly. In 2011 there was Jessica Barth who was invited for a meeting but when she got there
She was directed to his room
He reportedly ordered champagne and sushi and then reportedly he kept going back and forth talking about her future and then asking for naked massages
In 2015 you had Italian model and aspiring
actress Ambra Battilana, she reportedly called police after
Weinstein assaulted her. According to the police report Weinstein grabbed her breasts while asking if they were real and then put his hands up her
skirt and we also have audio from this situation
Reportedly after the initial assault Ambra went to the police while there
Weinstein called her to set up another meeting and so Ambra agreed and went back but not before
Wearing a wire that police gave her and here's some of the audio from that.
*quote on-screen*
And so in that you can hear Weinstein admit that he did this to her that same year
There was a memo written by Lauren
O'Connor. And in that memo written to top
executives, it described that there were there were employees that were required to wake him up or be there to help him go to sleep
Reportedly eight women described that he would appear fully or nearly naked
He would ask them to be there while he bathed and he would ask for or initiate
Massages there ended up being settlements with at least eight women including Lauren. And in response to all of this
Weinstein released a statement that essentially says yeah
Sorry my bad I'm gonna try and get better, also
I'm going to fight the NRA and the president and just so you know I'm not making that up
Here's his full statement
"I came of age in the 60s and 70s when all rules about behavior in workplaces were different
That was the culture then I have since learned it's not an excuse in the office or out of to anyone
I realize some time ago. I need to be a better person and my interactions with people I work with have changed
I appreciate the way, I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it though
I'm trying to do better
I know I have a long way to go that is my commitment my journey now will be to learn about myself and conquer my
Demons over the last year I've asked Lisa Bloom to tutor me
And she's put together a team of people I brought on therapists and I plan to take a leave of
Absence for my company and to deal with this issue head-on I so respect all women and regret what happened
I hope that my actions will speak louder than words and that one day we will all be able to earn their trust and sit
Down together with Lisa to learn more Jay-Z wrote in 4:44. "I'm not the man
I thought I was and I better be that man for my children," the same is true for me
I want a second chance in the community, but I know I've got work to do to earn it
I have goals that are now priorities trust me this isn't an overnight process
I've been trying to do this for ten years
And this is a wake-up call I cannot be more remorseful about the people I hurt and plan to do right by all of them
I'm going to need a place to channel that anger so I've decided that I'm going to give the NRA my full attention
I hope Wayne LaPierre will enjoy his retirement party. I'm going to do it at the same place. I had my bar mitzvah
I'm making a movie about our president. Perhaps, we can make it a joint retirement party one year ago
I began organizing a five million dollar foundation to give scholarships to women directors at USC
Well this might seem coincidental it has been in the works for a year
It will be after my mom, and I won't disappoint her." Also. Yeah, in my summary
I forgot the part that he quoted Jay-z. Also, side note, I just checked and that's not actually even a correct quote from
4:44 not the song or anywhere on the album. Now a big thing to note is while Weinstein said he was only to take a
Leave of absence on Saturday
He was actually fired. The board for The Weinstein Company convened and five members of the board including his brother
They voted to fire him. The Weinstein Company releasing an official statement saying "In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged
In the past few days the directors of The Weinstein Company have determined and informed Harvey Weinstein that his employment with the Weinstein Company is
terminated effective immediately
And then in came all the Hollywood reaction
The former president of Miramax Los Angeles saying from the outside it seemed golden the Oscars a success the remarkable cultural impact
But behind the scenes it was a mess and this was the biggest mess of all also recalling that if a female executive was asked
to go to a meeting solo
She and a colleague would generally double-up. Rose McGowan
Tweeting anyone who does business with blank is complicit and deep down?
You know you were even dirtier cleanse yourselves
Meryl Streep releasing the statement; "The disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed and those whose good and
worthy causes
He supported the intrepid women who raised their voices to expose this abuse are our heroes one thing can be clarified not
Everybody knew. Harvey supported the work fiercely was exasperating
But respectful with me in our working relationship and with many others with whom he worked professionally
I didn't know about these other offenses. The behavior is inexcusable
But the abuse of power
Familiar each brave voice that has raised heard and credited by our watchdog media will ultimately change the game."
And that was a pretty big thing coming from Meryl Streep because in the past she had even called
Weinstein a god although it is very important to note that Meryl Streep's version of events are far different than Jessica Chastain
She's come out and said this is essentially a known secret
She was warned from the beginning about Harvey saying, "the stories were everywhere to deny that is to create an environment for it to happen
again." Mark Ruffalo says, "to be clear what Harvey Weinstein did was a disgusting abuse of power and horrible
I hope we are now seeing the beginning of the end of these abuses." Judd Apatow writing, "what Harvey Weinstein did was abhorrent. He admits
He did it
Why should anyone be silent in their disgust and support for his victims." Fashion designer Donna Karen chimed in on the topic saying. "to
See it here in our own country is very difficult, but I also think how do we display ourselves?
How do we present ourselves as women?
What are we asking? Are we asking for it by presenting all the sensuality and all the sexuality
There's a lot of outrage around this because people are saying did you just say women are asking for it with how they dress she
later apologized for that statement. Then today we heard
From Gwyneth Paltrow she described a very familiar story from when she was 22 saying Weinstein put his hands on her
Suggested that they go to his bedroom for massages
She refused even said that her boyfriend at the time Brad Pitt confronted him about this.
Also adding, she was told to never talk about this situatio. A rep for Brad Pitt has confirmed this. Angelina Jolie
also coming out with her own story saying I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth and as a result chose to
Never work with him again and warned others when they did this behavior towards women in any field any country is
Unacceptable additionally there are also claims from a former New York Times reporter that said that they had this story before but never ran it
This coming from Cheryl Waxman who wrote on the rap writing
I also tracked down a woman in London who had been paid off after an unwanted sexual
Encounter with Weinstein she was terrified to speak because of her non-disclosure agreement
But at least we had evidence of a payoff the story
I reported never ran after intense pressure from Weinstein which included having Matt Damon and Russell Crowe
Call me directly to vouch for
Lombardo and unknown discussions well above my head at the time
The story was gutted I was told at the time that Weinstein had visited the newsroom in person to make his displeasure known I knew
He was a major advertiser in The Times
And he was a powerful person overall. But I had the facts and this was the Times. Right? Wrong.
But finally in response to everything that is happening a lawyer for Weinstein released a statement saying any allegations of
Non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.
Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any woman for refusing his advances
He will not be available for further comments
And he has taken time to focus on his family on getting counseling and rebuilding his life
also according to The Hollywood Reporter
Weinstein is
Thinking of suing the New York Times this for publishing what his lawyer is calling a story that is saturated with false and defamatory
Statements and so that is where we are today
And so here's what I'll say just from The New Yorker article alone you have thirteen claims of sexual harassment with three of
non-consensual sex and in my opinion
It's all wrong
And it's all indefensible. We're talking about the abuse of people and/or power you have someone with a special position,
power, influence, that is using that to take advantage of someone without any of it, it's not okay
And it's indefensible in my opinion and so obviously they're going to be a lot of
Opinions around this and and I'd love for you guys to talk about it debate it in the comments. But a question I do want to
Pass off to you
Is do you think this is a I was I came up in the 60s and 70s it was a different time problem?
I'm just throwing it out there not because it's my personal belief, but because that was one of Harvey Weinstein's excuses
Or do you think that this is a peek behind the curtain of the problems that we still see today?
I mean obviously we saw that this story inspired one of the people in the Andes Signore situation to come forward
Do you think this is just the beginning? Do you think we're gonna see more and more people coming out?
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Then let's talk about the controversy between Jamel Hill, ESPN, Donald Trump,
And the NFL for those who don't know Jamel Hill is a host on ESPN. You might have seen last month
There was a huge controversy around her because she went to Twitter to say Donald Trump is a white
Supremacist the string of tweets she posted where Donald Trump is a white supremacist who is largely surrounded himself with other white
Supremacists Trump is the most ignorant offensive president of my lifetime his rise as a direct result of white supremacy period he is empowered white
Supremacists see Charlottesville. He's unqualified and unfit to be President
He is not a leader
And if he were not white he would have never been elected
Donald Trump is a bigot glad he can live with voting for him
I couldn't because I cared about more than just myself and so obviously with a public figure saying this there was a lot of love
and there was a lot of hate and so following Hills statements ESPN released a statement saying comments on Twitter from Jamel Hill regarding the
President do not represent the position of ESPN
We've addressed this with Jamel and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate and so at least publicly it looks like Jamel Hill is not
Punished it doesn't look like she's suspended
Though there are reports that come out around this time accusing ESPN of trying to
Take her off the air replacing her with another black female anchor, though according to these reports that anchor and her other
Co-hosts refused to do the show without her. But the network denies that this ever happened
So let's talk about what else happens publicly during a press briefing White House press secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says, "I'm not sure if he's aware, but I think that's one of the more outrageous
Comments that anyone could make, uh, and certainly something that I think is a fireable offense by ESPN." Jamel Hill
Then takes Twitter writing my comments on Twitter expressed my personal beliefs my regret is that my comments and the public way I made them
Painted ESPN in an unfair light my respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional
ESPN then says Jamel has a right to her personal opinions
But not to publicly share them on a platform that implies that she was in any way speaking on behalf of ESPN
She has acknowledged that her tweets cross that line and is apologized for doing so we accept her apology Trump
Then takes Twitter saying ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics and bad programming people are dumping it in record numbers
apologize for untruth and so that was pretty much that
until this most recent Jerry Jones
situation. Jerry Jones is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys,
he was one of the owners that knelt with all of his players
But not during the national anthem before the national anthem this was the first we saw of the modified
Protests during an NFL game well more recently. He said he would bench any player that
Disrespected the flag and so in response to that Jamel Hill went to Twitter writing Jerry Jones has also created a problem for his players
Specifically the black ones if they don't kneel some will see them as sellouts don't ask Dak,
Des or other Cowboys players to protest a more powerful statement is if you stop watching and buying their merchandise this play
Always works change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about Jerry Jones's statement boycott his advertisers and adding
Just so we're clear
I'm not advocating a NFL boycott
But an unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas and Miami with anthem directives so following that
ESPN then released a statement writing Jamel Hill has been suspended for two weeks for a second violation of our social media guidelines she previously
Acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet in the aftermath all employees were reminded of how such individual tweets may reflect
Negatively on ESPN and that such action would have consequences hence this decision and then this morning in reaction to this whole situation
Donald Trump tweeted with Jamel Hill at the mic
We'll just we'll go with your spelling sure it is no wonder ESPN ratings have tanked in fact tanked so badly
It's the talk of the industry adding
Why is the NFL getting massive tax breaks while at the same time?
Disrespecting our anthem, flag, and country. Change tax law and so there are a few things
I want to, I want to hit on those tweets the first is that I agree that the NFL should not be tax-exempt
There's been a controversy around that for a very long time
But it's not exactly what you would think. 31 of the 32 NFL teams are for-profit
Businesses that pay taxes accordingly. The only one that's not are the Green Bay Packers
But it's the NFL's central office that became a non-profit decades ago
But the thing is in 2015 because there was this controversy a controversy that the NFL called a distraction
They reportedly gave up their tax-exempt status for their central office
And so I want to clarify that not because the NFL does not benefit from
Taxes because I often hear people talk about the teams as if they are
tax-exempt. The way these teams do benefit under tax law largely has to do with municipal bond
Franchises teams like the Dallas Cowboys in fact Jerry Jones did this. They work with the city and state to fund and build their new
Stadiums they use municipal bonds, which are exempt from federal taxes
so there's been a lot of criticism around this in the past because there's a big argument of do these stadiums actually provide a
Benefit to the cities and the state? It's been estimated the New York Yankees with their stadium. They saved around
492 million dollar the NFL it's estimated Jerry Jones save eighty eight million dollars this way also this could impact the future of the NFL
Specifically around the Raiders you have legislators in Nevada saying they're going to help build the stadium by using
750 million dollars in taxes personally well I will say I'm very
Concerned at the amount of taxpayer money that goes into these things and and how little you actually see come back for those
Community the thing that ends up concerning me around this situation
Is the idea that we would we would do craft tax law based off of how nationalist and organization is once again?
I'm completely fine with everyone having an opinion
But when when we have the most powerful person in our country saying we need to change the tax law because we have people in
This organization kneeling during the national anthem that's saying that's incredibly concerned
And that's without going into talking about the seemingly
concerted effort to to change the narrative of why people are kneeling it feels very much like the
Conversation went from we're kneeling around police brutality. Oh Donald Trump spoke out against us
We're kneeling because we're we're standing up against someone telling us what we can or cannot do somehow the conversation
Changed from that is also offensive defects and offensive to people who gave their life for this country and an almost seemingly like they're doing
It for that reason, which really doesn't appear to be the case and finally on the note of Jamel Hill
I mean she can say that she wasn't saying
Boycott NFL advertiser of the tweet before she said she wasn't calling for she wrote if he feels strongly about JJ's statement boycott his
Advertisers and I was a quote tweet to a list of advertisers who most likely are also
Advertisers on ESPN as far as if she should or should not have been suspended because of ESPN's
Policies the warnings the whetever love know your opinion on that
But as far as her saying she wasn't in any way calling for a boycott
She was simply stating what the situation was personally, I feel that defense is weak, but of course around this whole situation
I'd love to know what you think and that's actually where I'm going to end today's show and remember if you like this video you
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