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>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME.
IM MEGYN KELLY.
WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH BREAKING NEWS.MORNING WITH
BREAKING NEWS. NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THAT
ACTRESS NICOLE EGGERT HAS FILED
AN INCIDENT REPORT WITH THE LAPD.CIDENT REPORT WITH THE
LAPD.
NICOLE WAS ON THIS PROGRAM LAST WEEK, IN HER FIRST LIVERAM LAST
WEEK, IN HER FIRST LIVE TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
SHE RECOUNTED HER CLAIMS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST ACTOR
SCOTT BAIO IN THE 1908 80s, WHEN
THE TWO WERE ONLE THE HIT SHOW
"CHARLES IN CHARGE."
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION HAS
ONE ON A CRIMINAL CASE ON THAT CONDUCT. CRIMINAL CASE ON THAT
CONDUCT. BUT DETECTIVES COULD CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION AND FORWARD THEIR
FINDINGS SS TO THE L.A. COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. BAIOS SPOKESMAN SAYS WE HAVE
BEEN DEMANDING THAT NICOLE EGGERT TO GET TO THENICOLE
EGGERT TO GET TO THE AUTHORITIES.
AUTHORITIES.
SHE CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM HER
EVER-CHANGING STORY.
ALSO OVERNIGHT, CASINO MOGUL
STEVE WYNN STEPPING DOWN FROM
HIS EMPIRE.
THIS AFTER "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" PUBLISHED A REPORT IN
JANUARY WITH DOZENS OF CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES ACCUSINGT
AND FORMER EMPLOYEES ACCUSING WYNN OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
HE DENIES ALL OF THE CLAIMS,
CALLING THEM PREPOSTEROUS. HIS COMPANY ISSUED A STATEMENT
THAT READS IN PART, IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS IVE FOUND
MYSELF THE FOCUS OF AN AVALANCHE
OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY, AS I HAVE
REFLECTED UPON THE ENVIRONMENT
THIS HAS CREATED, ONE WHERE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT TAKES PRECEDENT
OVER EVERYTHING ELSE, OVER
FACTS.
FACTS.
I REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT I CANNOT BE EFFECTIVE IN MYTHAT I
CANNOT BE EFFECTIVE IN MY CURRENT ROLES.
CURRENT ROLES.
AS IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH, MORE
MRT
#METOO STORIES OUT OF HOLLYWOOD.
THIS IS VINCENT. A NAME UNFAMILIAR TO MOST OF YOU
BUT NOT TO THE ACTORS HE HAS
REPRESENTED OVER THE YEARS.
HES A HOLLYWOOD MEGAMANAGER.
HE HELPED LAUNCH AND MAKE THE
CAREERS OF STARS LIKE HALLE
BERRY AND TARAJI P. HENSON.
IN A WORLD WHERE ROLES FOR WOMEN
OF COLOR ARE SCARCE, WELL GIVE
YOU THE NUMBERS IN A MOMENT, HE
WAS SEEN AS A GATEKEEPER AND A
VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
TWO DAYS AGO, HE SHUT DOWN HIS MANAGEMENT FIRM AFTER "THE HIS
MANAGEMENT FIRM AFTER "THE WASHINGTON POST" BROKE THE NEWS,
SAYING THAT NINE WOMEN, ALL
MINORITIES, HAD ACCUSED HIM OF
INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST," HE HAD
PROMISED SOME OF THE WOMEN MEETINGS AND CAREERS LIKE THOSE
OF HIS SUPERSTAR CLIENTS.
YOU CAN BE A HALLE BERRY.
SOME SAY HE CONDITIONED HIS
REPRESENTATION EXPLICITLY ON HIS
ASPIRING FEMALE CLIENTS HAVING
SEX WITH THEM.
HE WOULD TIME IT FOR THEM.
HAD TO BE ONCE A MONTH.
ONE ACTRESS SAID THAT HE
MASTURBATED IN FRONT OF HER IN
REPEATED MEETINGS IN HIS OFFICE.
AFTER THE ARTICLE HIT, ANOTHER
12 WOMEN CAME TO THE PAPER WITH
SIMILAR ACCUSATIONS.
SIMILAR ACCUSATIONS. WEVE SEEN IT HAPPEN TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
TIME AGAIN.
WE REACHED OUT AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.D OUT AND RECEIVED NO
RESPONSE.
BUT HE DID TELL "THE WASHINGTON POST" IN PART, IVE HAD AFFAIRSN
POST" IN PART, IVE HAD AFFAIRS WHILE IN COMMITTED
RELATIONSHIPS, ONES THAT IM NOW
SAYING ARE COMING TO LIGHT AND
SHADEING MY PAST AND MY
REPUTATION.
REPUTATION.
I CAN SAY I HAVE NEVER USED FAVORS, SEXUAL OR OTHERWISE, AS
A REASON FOR MANAGING ANYONE.
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NOT
ONE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WERE
ANYTHING BUT CONSENSUAL.
ONE WOMAN WHO FOUND THE COURAGE
TO ACTUALLY GO ON THE RECORD
WITH HER NAME.
AND THAT IS VERY HARD, VERY
HARD.
A LOT OF THESE WOMEN COME
FORWARD, AS HAPPENED IN "THE WASHINGTON POST."NED IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST."
BUT A COUPLE GAVE THEIR NAMES. ONE WOMAN WHO DID THAT IS TAMIKA
LAMISON.
LAMISON.
WHO FIRST SPOKE TO "THE POST" AND JOINS US NOW.O "THE POST"
AND JOINS US NOW. WELCOME, TAMIKA.
WELCOME, TAMIKA. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
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SO, TAKE US BACK.
WHAT YEAR DID YOU HAVE YOUR
ENCOUNTER WITH THIS GUY?
>> IT WAS IN THE 90s.
IT WAS 96 OR 97.
I WAS INVITED TO THE TONY
AWARDS.
AWARDS.
I WAS GOING TO THE TONE GNUY AWA DINNER.OING TO THE TONE GNUY AWA
DINNER.
I WAS AT A BIG TABLE AND WITH
ANOTHER FRIEND OF OURS.
>> HAD YOU HEARD OF THIS GUY?
>> OF COURSE I HAD. A LOT OF ACTORS OF COLOR HAD
HEARD OF VINCENT BECAUSE OF
HALLE BERRY AND HE WAS
SUPPORTING THE CAREERS OF WOMEN
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR. >> AND THERE WERE VERY FEW
PEOPLE DOING THAT.
>> VERY FEW PEOPLE DOING THAT.
HE WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
LEADERS DOING THAT.
WE WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
THAT.
>> YOU WERE AN ASPIREING ACTRESS >> YES.WERE AN ASPIREING ACTRESS
>> YES. >> YOU GET INVITED BACK TO HIS
HOTEL FOR A MEETING.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE GO TO THE HOTEL AND WE
TALK.
TALK.
THE PHONE RINGS AND ITS HALLE BERRYHONE RINGS AND ITS HALLE
BERRY BERRY.
BERRY. HE PUT HER ON SPEAKERPHONE.
ITS ONE THING TO KNOW THAT HE
REPRESENTS HALLE BERRY.
ITS ANOTHER THING TO HAVE IT
MADE REAL WITH HER ON THE PHONE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT A PROJECT.
I DONT REMEMBER THE PROJECT.
HE HUNG UP.
AND HE SAID, OKAY.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? I PERFORMED.U GOT?
I PERFORMED. I WAS A PERFORMANCE POET AT THE
TIME.
TIME.
I STARTED PERFORMING THE POEM. HE SAID, THATS ENOUGH.HE POEM.
HE SAID, THATS ENOUGH. HE GRABS ME AND KISSES ME.
HE STICKS HIS TONGUE IN MY
MOUTH.
MOUTH.
I PUSH HIM AWAY.
IM LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HE SAID, WELL, I THINK YOURE GREAT.D, WELL, I THINK YOURE
GREAT.
IVE SEEN ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
I GET TO SEE YOU EVERY NOW AND
THEN.
I TOTALLY REPRESENT YOU, BUT,
YOU KNOW, I GET TO SEE YOU WHEN I WANT TO AND WE HAVE A LITTLEN
I WANT TO AND WE HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
FUN.
AND I SAID, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT?
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
MEANS.
MY MIND WENT TO, WHY DO YOU DO THIS?ND WENT TO, WHY DO YOU DO
THIS?
AND I WAS THINKING, ARENT YOU MARRIED?S THINKING, ARENT YOU
MARRIED?
I DONT KNOW WHY I ASKED THAT. >> IT WAS A SAFE OUT.ED THAT.
>> IT WAS A SAFE OUT. >> HE SAID, MY WIFE AND I HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING.
AN UNDERSTANDING. I SAID, WELL, IM ONLY
INTERESTED IN A MANAGER.
AND HE SAID, ARE YOU SURE?
AND I SAID, YES.
AND HE TRIED TO GRAB ME AGAIN.
AND I SAID, NO, I DONT -- I
DONT WANT TO DO ANY OF THIS.
I JUST WANT A MANAGER.
HE SAID, OKAY.
IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU.
AND HE SHOWED ME THE DOOR.
AS I WAS LEAVING AND WALKING
DOWN THE HALLWAY, I SAW ANOTHER
YOUNG WOMAN OF COLOR GOING INTO
HIS ROOM.
HIS ROOM. WOW.
WOW. HE KIND OF DOES THIS.
>> WOMEN WERE LINED UP OUTSIDE
OF HIS DOOR.
>> HE SAID HE WOULD BE TAKING A
LOT OF MEETINGS AFTER I WAS
INTRODUCED TO HIM.
>> HE SAID TO HAVE DANGLED HALLE BERRYS CAREER, TARAJI HENSONSLLE
BERRYS CAREER, TARAJI HENSONS CAREER, IN FRONT OF WOMEN, AS
BAIT.
BAIT.
IS THAT HOW YOU FELT? >> AT THE TIME, I WAS HAPPY TO
HEAR HER VOICE ON THE PHONE AND
KNOW THAT WAS REAL.
I DONT KNOW WHAT HIS MINDSET
WAS BUT ITS POSSIBLE THATS
WHAT HE WAS DOING.
OVER THE YEARS, I HEARD OTHER
STORIES FROM OTHER FRIENDS OF
MINE AND PEOPLE WHO I DONT
KNOW.
KNOW. I POSTED TO FACEBOOK DURING THE
#METOO MOVEMENT.
#METOO MOVEMENT. I WAS INSPIRED BY TOYRANA BURKE.
>> #METOO WAS STARTED WITH
RESPECT TO WOMEN OF COLOR, WHO
WERE BEING ABUSED TOO OFTEN AND
IT WAS BEING IGNORED.
NOW IN THE #METOO MOVEMENT, SO
FEW WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE BEEN
HIGHLIGHTED AS SURVIVORS OF MRT
#METOO MOMENTS.
#METOO MOMENTS. AND THIS GUY, HE WENT FROM
VILLAIN TO HERO IN A SNAP.
HE HELPED WOMEN OF COLOR
ADVANCE, BUT FOR SUCH A HIGH
PRICE.
PRICE.
TOO MANY.
>> I WAS SHOCKED AT THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE.HOCKED AT THE VOLUME
OF PEOPLE. I DIDNT PUT HIS NAME ON IT.
I JUST PUT #VC.
>> THATS ALL IT TOOK.
AND THERE WAS A BRAJARRAGE OF
PEOPLE SAYING, I KNOW WHO YOURE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS MEN AND WOMEN.
THEY KNEW WOMEN WHO HAD HAD
INCIDENTS WITH HIM AND IT WAS
REALLY KIND OF SHOCKING.
>> IF "THE POST" TALKED ABOUT BARBARA STARK, WHO SAID SHEUT
BARBARA STARK, WHO SAID SHE WORKED WITH HIM FOR THREE
DECADES.
DECADES. HIS ACTIONS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
SHE SAID, WE WERE DISGUSTED BY
HIM.
HIM.
WE ALL KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> YES.
THIS IS THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.
THIS IS WHAT THE HARVEY
WEINSTEIN BROUGHT ABOUT, THAT
EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.KNEW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
BUT NO ONE FELT LIKE THEY HAD A PLATFORM OR A FORUM TO SPEAK, A
PLATFORM OR A FORUM TO SPEAK, WHERE THERE WOULD BE NO
REPERCUSSIONS.
REPERCUSSIONS.
THIS IS WHY THIS MOVEMENT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A PLATFORM WHERE WOMEN
AND OTHERS ARE FEELING LIKE THEY
CAN COME OUT AND TELL THEIR
STORIES.
>> AND THEY WONT BE DISCOUNTED
FROM THE WORD GO.
NOT TO SAY EVERY STORY IS 100% TRUE.O SAY EVERY STORY IS 100%
TRUE.
ITS TO SAY, WERE IN A NEW ERA
WHERE WOMEN ARE NOT SUMMARILY
DISMISSED AS THEY USED TO BE. AFTER THE TOP 168 U.S. FILMS IN
2015, GUESS HOW MANY ROLES WERE
PLAYED BY BLACK ACTORS, LEADING
ROLES.
ROLES.
OF THE TOP 168 FILMS. 11.THE TOP 168 FILMS.
11.
11 ROLES SS WERE PLAYED BY BLACK
ACTORS.
BLACK WOMEN STARRED IN TWO FILMS.WOMEN STARRED IN TWO
FILMS.
WOMEN IN GENERAL STARRED IN 44.
THINK OF THAT.
THE CHANCE OF GETTING A LEAD
ROLE AS A BLACK ACTRESS THEYRE LIKE THAT.BLACK ACTRESS THEYRE
LIKE THAT.
>> EXACTLY. >> NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY
UNDERSTANDING THAT TOOK
ADVANTAGE.
ADVANTAGE.
>> YES.
THIS IS WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT
FOR US.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOMEONE WHO
WAS ACTUALLY -- IT WAS A BIT OF
A BETRAYAL.
AFTER I LEFT THAT APARTMENT
BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED TO JUST
SHOW HIM MY WORK BECAUSE HE WAS
SORT OF LOOKED AT IN A WAY -- >> YOU THINK THATS WHAT YOURE
DOING THERE.
DOING THERE. >> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU THINK YOURE THERE
BECAUSE OF YOUR TALENT.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> THESE OTHER WOMEN WHO SPOKE
TO "THE POST," TALKED ABOUT
BEING IN THERAPY, LEAVING THE
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY. LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES FROM THE
DECISIONS HE FORCED THEM TO
MAKE.
MAKE. HALLE BERRY AND TARAJI SAY HE
NEVER DID THIS TO THEM.
NO ONE IS MAKING CRIMINAL
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, LIKE
FORCED NONCONSENSUAL.
FORCED NONCONSENSUAL. BUT HOW DID IT AFFECT YOU?
HOW DID THE ALLEGED BEHAVIOR
AFFECT YOU?
AFFECT YOU? >> I FELT BETRAYED.
AND I STARTED A CAREER THAT
FOCUSED MORE BEHIND THE SCENES
AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS.
ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. SO, I, RIGHT NOW, I HELP WOMEN
OF COLOR AND OTHER WOMEN AND
DIVERSE POPULATIONS TO GET INTO
COMMERCIAL DIRECTING.
COMMERCIAL DIRECTING. AND I HAVE A FOUNDATION WHERE I
HELP TERMINALLY ILL KIDS CREATE
FILMS WITH PEOPLE IN THE FILM
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY.
I WANTED TO DO STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES.D TO DO STUFF BEHIND THE
SCENES.
I WRITE AND PRODUCE MORE SO THAN ACT NOW.AND PRODUCE MORE SO THAN
ACT NOW.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS IS "THE ALE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS IS "THE
AL
ALCHEMIST."
>> I LOVE "THE ALCHEMIST."
THANK YOU FOR STANDING TALL AND FOR GIVING BACK.ANDING TALL AND
FOR GIVING BACK. >> I JUST HAVE MY FIRST FILM
THAT I PRODUCED AND I STAR IN,
FINALLY, BUT FULL CIRCLE.
>> WHATS IT CALLED?
>> "LAST LIFE."
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. WELL LOOK FOR IT.