ABOUT THE STORY THAT HAS
DOMINATED THE NEWS, AND ESPECIALLY HOLLYWOOD.ND
ESPECIALLY HOLLYWOOD. HARVEY WEINSTEIN, YOU HEARD, IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS, THIS STORY
HAS EXPLODED.
HAS EXPLODED. ITS GETTING WORSE BY THE
MINUTE.
MINUTE.
PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK WITH ACCUSATIONS.HE
WOODWORK WITH ACCUSATIONS. HIS WIFE, GEORGINA, SAYS SHES
OUT.
SHES DONE.
AND SHE EXPRESSED HER SORROW FOR
THE PAIN THATS BEEN CAUSED FOR ALL THESE WOMEN.EEN CAUSED FOR
ALL THESE WOMEN. SHE TELLS "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE SHE
IS READY TO LEAVE HER HUSBAND
BEHIND.
THEY HAVE KIDS.
ITS NOT AN EASY SITUATION. BUT I THINK MOST AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE THINKING, WHO CAN BLAME HER,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
THIS COMES AS THE NUMBER AND THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WEINSTEIN KEEPS GROWING.
A STRING OF ACTRESSES NOW,
INCLUDING ANGELINA JOLIE, GWYNETH PALTROW, MANY OTHERS ARE
STEPPING UP SAYING THIS MOGUL
ALSO SEXUALLY HARASSED THEM. OTHER ACCUSATIONS REPORTEDLY GO
SO FAR AS TO SAY HE FORCED THEM
INTO SEX.
INTO SEX. SOME WOMEN ARE CLAIMING FORCIBLE
SEX.
SEX.
CLAIMS THAT WEINSTEIN DENIES, UNEQUIVOCALLY.INSTEIN DENIES,
UNEQUIVOCALLY.
WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR WEINSTEIN IN
HIS OWN WORDS, TRYING TO COERCE A MODEL.WORDS, TRYING TO COERCE
A MODEL. IT WAS DURING A NEW YORK POLICE
DEPARTMENT STING OPERATION.
IT WAS A STING OPERATION A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. "NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE AND RONAN
FARROW HAVE MADE THIS PUBLIC.
>> PLEASE, IM NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
I SWEAR ON MY CHILDREN.
PLEASE, COME IN.
ON EVERYTHING, IM A FAMOUS GUY.
>> IM FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> PLEASE, COME IN NOW. AND ONE MINUTE. IN NOW.
AND ONE MINUTE. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, WHEN THE
GUY COMES IN.
>> YOU TOUCH MY BREAST.
>> PLEASE, IM SORRY. JUST COME IN. SORRY.
JUST COME IN. IM USED TO THAT.
>> YOURE USED TO THAT?
>> YES.
>> YES. COME IN.
COME IN. >> IM NOT USED TO THAT.
>> I WONT DO IT AGAIN.
COME ON.
COME ON.
SIT HERE.
>> ITS CHILLING.
RIGHT?
WEINSTEIN WAS NOT CRIMINALLY CHARGED AFTER THAT INCIDENT.
JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IT
ALL, NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST, ARI
MELBER
MELBER MELBER.
MELBER. WELCOME, ARI.
WELCOME, ARI. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> THIS IS ALL ANYBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT.
EVEN IF YOU DIDNT KNOW WHO HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS, YOU KNOW
HIS MOVIE "PULP FICTION,"
"EMMA."
"EMMA."
GWYNETH PALTROW WENT THROUGH
SOMETHING WITH HIM. HIS SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS.
ANY ALLEGATION OF NONCONSENSUAL
SEX ARE DENIED BY WWEINSTEIN.
HE HAS CONFIRMED THERE WAS NEVER
ACTS OF RETALIATION.
HE CANNOT SPEAK TO ANONYMOUS
ALLEGATIONS.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO WOMEN WHO ARE MADE ALLEGATIONS ON THEHO
ARE MADE ALLEGATIONS ON THE RECORD, MR. WEINSTEIN BELIEVES
ALL THESE RELATIONSHIPS WERE
CONSENSUAL.
CONSENSUAL.
IS IT STORY CHANGING NOW FROM WHAT HE FIRST SAID?G NOW FROM
WHAT HE FIRST SAID?
>> HIS STORY HAS STARTED TO CHANGE.STORY HAS STARTED TO
CHANGE.
THERES SOME CONTRITION. BUT CLEARLY, NOT ENOUGH.
AND THERES A DENIAL BECAUSE HE
IS CLINGING TO WHAT HE NEEDS
LEGALLY, TO SAY HE DOESNT
BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM.
FOR HIM, THOUGH, THE PROBLEM IS
SO MANY DIFFERENT ACCUSERS
TELLING SIMILAR STORIES THAT
THERE WAS NOT CONSENT.
>> FIRST, IT WAS A COUPLE --
EIGHT WOMEN.
EIGHT WOMEN.
AND HE DISMISSED IT, SOME OF THEM ARE CRAZY AND IM AME OF
THEM ARE CRAZY AND IM A DINOSAUR.
DINOSAUR.
SORRY FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. WHATEVER. BAD BEHAVIOR.
WHATEVER.
THEN, WE GET, THIS ESCALATION OF
NOW IN RONAN FARROWS PIECE, WOMEN ALLEGING RAPE, WHICH HE IS
DENYING, IMPLICITLY.
DENYING, IMPLICITLY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHERE
THEY STAND, THEY SAY THIS.
WEINSTEINS BOARD IS SHOCK AND
DISMAYED BY THE EMERGED
ALLEGATION OF EXTREME SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THESE ALLEGATIONS COME AS AN
UTTER SURPRISE TO THE BOARD.
ANY SUGGEST THAT THE WORLD HAD
KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CONDUCT IS
FALSE.
FALSE.
AND THERES A QUESTION OF HOW
MANY -- WHETHER THERE WAS A
COVER-UP AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
ENGAGED IN IT, IF SO.
>> RIGHT.
WE KNOW THAT MR. WEINSTEIN AND THE COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN ALL
OF THE SETTLEMENTS, WHICH
INCLUDE THE GAG ORDERS.
WE WILL PAY YOU.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE QUIET ABOUT
THIS FOREVER.
THIS FOREVER. AND I THINK THE OREMOTHER OTHER
HERE, WHAT IS THE COMPANYS
RESPONSIBILITY?
RESPONSIBILITY?
THEY HAVE A LARGE LIABILITY FOR SUITS OR CLASS ACTION.ILITY FOR
SUITS OR CLASS ACTION. "THE NEW YORKER" DOCUMENTED HOW
THE COMPANY AND ITS STAFF KNEW
ABOUT THIS AND TRIED TO MAKE IT
GO AWAY.
GO AWAY. >> THEY SAID THAT -- "THE
NEW YORKER" REPORTED THAT THEY
USED THE ASSISTANTS AS HONEY
POTS.
POTS.
YOU DONT WANT TO COME?
THE ASSISTANT WILL BE THERE. AND THE ASSISTANT HAS TO LEAVE.
AND YOU KNOW, USED A EDD AS LURE
THE ALLEGATION.
THE ALLEGATION. THE COMPANY SAID THEYRE GOING
TO COOPERATE WITH THE
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS.
BUT THERES THE PRACTICAL MATTER
OF WHETHER, "A" HARVEY WEINSTEIN
MIGHT FACE LEGAL CHARGES AGAINST
HIM.
WOMEN ARE ALLEGING RAPE.
AND, "B" WHERE THEY CAN SURVIVE AS AN ECONOMIC MATTER.N SURVIVE
AS AN ECONOMIC MATTER. LETS SAY THEY DIDNT KNOW.
ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT A
WEINSTEIN COMPANY MOVIE THE SAME
WAY AGAIN?
WAY AGAIN?
WHY DIDNT THEY KNOW? >> WHY DIDNT THEY KNOW AND WHY
DIDNT THEY DO SOMETHING?
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THEY
PRESSURE TO BE A PARTY TO IT?
LEGALLY, THATS BAD BECAUSE IT
GOES TO HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS
ON THEIR MINDS, HAD A REASON TO
KNOW OR GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
AS FOR POTENTIAL CHARGES, YOU
PLAYED THE TAPE.
NYPD DID LOOK AT ONE PARTICULAR
CASE.
CASE.
IN NEW YORK, JUST THIS YEAR, FOR
THE FIRST TIME THEY STARTED, ENDING EXPLOREATION DATES FOR
WOMEN WHO MAKE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
THATS A BIG CHANGE, GIVEN WHAT WEVE LEARNED OVER TIME, HOWHAT
WEVE LEARNED OVER TIME, HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR PEOPLE TO COME
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
THE FACT THAT A CHARGE IS OLD, DOESNT MAKE IT LESS TRUE. OLD,
DOESNT MAKE IT LESS TRUE. >> THIS IS A CLAIREON CALL FOR
THE INDUSTRY.
THE INDUSTRY.
THE MOVIE SHOTS AND COMPANIES, NEED TO BE INTROSPECTIVE.NIES,
NEED TO BE INTROSPECTIVE. NOW, IS THE TIME TO CLEAN SHOP
AND GET TO WHATS GOING ON IN
THERE.
THERE.
THE ACTRESSES SAID THIS MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED A CLIMATE LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO
SHUT UP AND DO WHAT WAS ASKED OF THEM TO GET PARTS OR CONTINUE OF
THEM TO GET PARTS OR CONTINUE WORKING.
WORKING.
IT DIDNT RIGHT. ARI, THANK YOU.
>>> IN MUCH MORE PLEASANT NEWS,
WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A BIG
SIGHTING OF A LITTLE BUMP IN THE
U.K.
U.K. YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT?
KEIR SIMMONS IS LIVE IN LONDONS
HYDE PARK, WITH THE NEWS THAT
HAS ALL OF THE ROYAL WATCHERS ON
THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS.
KEIR, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THE DUCHESS IS EXPECTED AND MADE
IT SHOWN.
IT SHOWN. SHE HAS SHOWN US HER BABY BUMP,
WHICH IS LIKE ME ON A BAD DAY.
>> SHE IS KATE MIDDLETON.
SHE LOOKED AMAZING.
SHE WAS WEARING A BABY BLUE
OUTFIT THAT COST APPARENTLY
AROUND $1,000, FROM THE A
BRITISH FASHION HOUSE.
PRINCE WILLIAM WAS WEARING A
BLUE TIE, AS WELL.
WERE THEY SENDING A MESSAGE THAT
GEORGE AND CHARLOTTE HAVE A
LITTLE BROTHER ON THE WAY?
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> SERIOUSLY? >> INCIDENTALLY -- MAYBE.
SEEMS UNLIKELY, RIGHT?
BUT INCIDENTALLY, KATE WALKS IN
THIS PARK IN THIS ROYAL PARK,
MEGYN.
MEGYN.
IF YOU HUNG AROUND HERE FOR LOCK
ENOUGH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASK HER.GH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASK
HER.
OR YOU GET ARRESTED.
BUT YOUD HAVE ARI TO HELP YOU OUT OF JAIL.E ARI TO HELP YOU
OUT OF JAIL. >> I SEE NO BUMP, RIGHT?
MAYBE TOO MUCH EGG.
EGG IN THE MORNING.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, IS HE
EXPERIENCING MORNING SICKNESS?
SHES HAD IT BAD.
>> SHE IS.
AND THATS ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY SHE WAS OUT WITH WILLIAM AND
HARRY.
HARRY. THEY ARE SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS.
WHEN YOURE WITH WILLIAM AND
KATE, THEY ARE MUCH MORE, LIKE
HARRY.
HARRY.
THEY LIKE JOKING AROUND.
THAT WAS A SAFE PLACE TO BE.
AND THE CHARITY THAT SHE WAS OUT
FOR, FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT.LTH, SHE
REALLY CARES ABOUT. I THINK IT WAS A NIGHT TO BE
ABLE TO SAY HERE I AM.
I AM PREGNANT.
BUT IM STILL TRYING TO GET MY
JOB DONE.
JOB DONE.
AND STILL TRYING TO WORK.