ACTOR CASEY AFFLECK HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR IN
HIS ROLE IN THE MOVIE MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.
THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE CRITICISM CIRCULATING
AROUND IN REGARD TO THAT NOMINATION BECAUSE HE HAS
FACED SOME SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS IN THE PAST
WHICH HE SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST HIM, BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO IS REALLY UPSET
ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR IS
CONSTANCE WOO HOO IS AN ACTRESS FROM FRESH OFF THE BOAT
THAT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE NOMINATION, SHE
ACTUALLY TWEETED ABOUT IT I'LL ME REDO THAT SWEET.
MEN WHO SEXUALLY HARASS WOMEN FOR OSCAR BECAUSE GOOD
ACTING PERFORMANCE MATTERS MORE THAN HUMANITY, HUMAN INTEGRITY.
BUT BECAUSE PORK IT REALLY NEEDS THE HELP.
BOYS, BUY YOUR WAY OUT OF TROUBLE BY SETTLING OUT OF
COURT.
JUST DO A GOOD ACTING JOB, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS
BECAUSE ART ISN'T ABOUT HUMANITY, RIGHT?
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SHE GOT PULLED TO THE SIDE AND PEOPLE
TOLD HER, THIS MIGHT RUIN YOUR CAREER, SO MAYBE SHOULD
HUSH UP A LITTLE BIT AND SHE DIDN'T.
SHE SAYS AFTER THOSE TWEETS, SHE SHARED THAT SHE HAD BEEN
COUNSELED NOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HERS CAREER SAKE
ADDING, F MY CAREER THEN, I AM A HUMAN AND WOMAN 1ST.
THAT IS WHAT MY CRAFT IS BUILDOUT.
I'M OUT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS.
I THINK IT'S HER ALLEGATIONS, THEY WERE NEVER PROVEN.
THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
HE DID IT, AND YOU PROVED IN CORE AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT
THE DETAILS ARE, THERE IS NO WAY DOING A STORY WITHOUT TELLING
A DETAILS EVEN THOUGH YOU MEANS YOU ARE DREDGING UP ALLEGATIONS,
AND HE DID SETTLE AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE WHOLE CONTEXT.
BUT IF HE DID ANYTHING IT IS HORRIBLE, THEN OKAY.
THEN YOU ARE HAPPY THAT HE IS HAUNTED BY IT.
I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO BE HAUNTED BY IT.
I'M NOT THAT YOU, AND SING THE AUDIENCE.
BUT WHAT IF THEY AREN'T TRUE?
HE VIGOROUSLY DENIED THEM WHEN THEY HAPPENED.
YOU SAY WHY SETTLE OUT OF COURT?
BECAUSE YOUR ACTING CAREERS GOING TO BE IN SERIOUS
JEOPARDY IF YOU GO TO COURT AND THEY REPEAT THESE
ALLEGATIONS OVER AND OVER AND TMC COVERS IT DAY AFTER DAY.
OR, YOU SETTLED OUT OF COURT BECAUSE YOU DID IT.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING THAT WE TAKE THE
ALLEGATIONS AS 100% TRUE AND NEVER GAVE CASEY AFFLECK WHAT?
ANOTHER AWARD, ANOTHER JOB?
IT'S TOO MUCH, MAN.
IT'S ONE THING IF IT'S BILL COSBY IN THEIR 50
OF THE SAME ALLEGATIONS AND IT IS OVERWHELMING.
TRUMP, VERY SIMILAR WITH DOZENS OF ALLEGATIONS SAYING VERY
SIMILAR THINGS.
MEL GIBSON, VERY CLEAR, ON TAPE.
AND MANY WITNESSES.
DOESN'T MATTER, WE HEARD IT WITH OUR OWN EARS WITH MEL GIBSON.
CASEY AFFLECK, IT IS TO PEOPLE WHO SUED HIM FOR MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA.
NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, NO, NEVER GIVEN ANYTHING AGAIN?
I CAN'T GO THAT FAR.
I AM NOT OUTRAGED BY YOUR OPINIONS I THINK THAT YOU ARE
LARGELY RIGHT BECAUSE THESE ALLEGATIONS HAVEN'T BEEN PROVEN,
SO IF YOU START PUBLISHED PUNISHING HIM HER ALLEGATIONS
HAVE BEEN PROVEN THAT SETS A REALLY BAD PRECEDENT.
THAT MEANS THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE ANY CLAIM AGAINST YOU AND
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HASSLE OF DEALING WITH
A COURT CASE AND YOU SETTLE OUT OF COURT, THEN PEOPLE ARE
JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT YOU ARE GUILTY AND THAT IS NOT
FILL EITHER.
I TOTALLY YOU ARE SAYING DIE AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, I
DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR SAYING THIS,
BUT THIS IS JUST GENUINELY HOW I FEEL.
I KNOW IT IS REALLY HARD FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR SEXUAL ASSAULTS OR ANY OF THAT STUFF
BUT I THINK IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BE STRONG AND NOT
TAKE THE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE IF IT IS TRUE, AND AGAIN, WE
DON'T KNOW, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IN THE SETTLEMENTS WILL HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW HOW THE MEDIA
IS THAT YOU KNOW HOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS.
AS SOON AS YOU SETTLE, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW
BUT THEY WILL FORGET VERY QUICKLY.
SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH BILL COSBY.
HE SETTLED SITUATIONS OUT OF COURT THEN PEOPLE FORGOT
ABOUT IT UNTIL SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT WITH ALLEGATIONS
THAT WE COULDN'T IGNORE IT ANYMORE.
I THINK CASEY AFFLECK PLAY JUST RIGHT BECAUSE ONCE YOU
SETTLE OUT OF COURT AND THESE WOMEN GO AWAY THEN THERE'S
NEVER REALLY ANY REAL JUSTICE OF THE PERSON ACTUALLY DID IT.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
OF COURSE.
CONTEXT MATTERS.
WHEN WAS ACCUSED, SEVERAL WOMEN CAME OUT SEVERAL STORIES.
AND THIS CASE, JUST THE ONE MOVIE THAT HE SHOT WITH TWO
WOMEN DIETS NOT SAYING THAT IF HE DID I'M MINIMIZING THAT,
THERE'S JUST NOT A FACT PATTERN OF THE SAME GUY BEING
ACCUSED OF THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT WITH WHATEVER DEGREE ASSAULT YOU
THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND EVEN IN ROGER L'S CASE, I'M NOT
SURE I BELIEVE ANDREA TANTARA STARTED TO MEAN EVERY
ALLEGATION IS TRUE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.
ALMOST ALL THE WOMEN WHO ACCUSED HIM HAD A VERY GOOD STORY.
SHE KIND OF CAME IN AT HAND AND SAID OH YEAH, ME TOO.
EVERYONE A FOX NEWS WAS LIKE, AT THE AND BY THE TIME ROGER LEFT,
IT WAS A SHAME WHAT ROGER DID, BUT NOT HER.
THEY ARE GOING TO COURT.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT CASE.
BUT HERE, IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW.
BY THE WAY, I AM NOT HITTING ON CONSTANCE WU EITHER.
NOTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO HER CAREER.
THAT IS HER OPINION AND SHE IS ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THAT.
NO ONE SHOULD SILENCER.
AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH HER.
I KNOW THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH HER THAT HE SHOULDN'T GET
AN OSCAR BECAUSE OF ALLEGATIONS FROM THE PAST.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK I'M
DEMONIZING WOMEN WHO END UP TAKING THE SETTLEMENTS.
THAT IS NOT MY INTENTION IS, IT'S JUST THAT THE STORIES
DRIVE ME NUTS BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET CLOSURE.
THERE'S NEVER JUSTICE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES.
IF IT GENUINELY DID HAPPEN TO YOU AND YOU SETTLE OUT OF COURT,
THAT PAVES THE ROAD FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING?
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO DEAL WITH THESE CASES AND YOU GET
DEMONIZED ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE UP AGAINST SOMEONE WHO
HAS MONEY AND POWER.
LAST COUPLE OF THINGS HERE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HAVE
CONTEXT BECAUSE THAT IS THE OTHER THING.
WE'RE DAMNED IF WE SAY THE ALLEGATIONS AND WE'RE
DAMNED IF WE DON'T.
IF WE DON'T TELL YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THEY ARE WORSE.
WHAT DID HE DO?
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS BECAUSE I HAVE IT ALL LAID
OUT HERE.
THIS ISN'T THE ENTIRETY OF ALLEGATIONS BUT THESE ARE
THE ONES THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST OUT THE TWO WOMEN
WERE AMANDA WHITE AND MAGDALENA GORKA.
THEY WORKED ON THE SAME
FILM AND THEY BOTH HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
APPARENTLY OVER THE COURSE OF FILMING, WHITE ALLEGED IN
THE COMPLAINT THAT SHE WAS REPEATEDLY HARASSED.
ON ONE OCCASION, SHE CLAIMED THAT AFFLECK ORDERED A CREW
MEMBER TO TAKE OFF HIS PANTS AND SHOW WHITE HIS PENIS EVEN
AFTER SHE VEHEMENTLY OBJECTED.
SHE CLAIMED THAT AFFLECK REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO WOMEN
AS COWS AND RECOUNTED HIS SEXUAL EXPLOITS WITH RECKLESS ABANDON.
GORKA CLAIMED AFFLECK AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRODUCTION
TEAM OPENLY TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING IN SEXUAL
ACTIVITIES WITH HER, AND JOKINGLY SUGGESTED THAT SHE
HAD SEX WITH THE CAMERA ASSISTANT, A GOOD FRIEND OF AFFLECKíS.
IN LIEU OF PAYING FOR A HOTEL, SHE SAID AFFLECK AND PHOENIX
DECIDED TO HAVE THE CREW STAY OVERNIGHT AT THEIR APARTMENT.
AFTER A LONG SHOOT, SHE CLAIMED PHOENIX OFFERED TO SLEEP IN
THE LIVING ROOM AND GAVE GORKA HIS PRIVATE BEDROOM.
ACCORDING TO GORKA'S COMPLAINT, SHE AWOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT TO FIND AFFLECK LAYING IN BED NEXT TO HER.
SHE ALLEGES THAT THE ACTOR WAS CURLED UP NEXT TO HER IN
THE BED WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERWEAR AND A T-SHIRT
THAT HE HAD HIS ARM AROUND HER, WAS CARESSING HER BACK, HIS FACE
WAS WITHIN INCHES OF HERS AND HIS BREATH WREAKED OF ALCOHOL.
AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
SHE SAID STOP, HE GOT UP AND LEFT.
SHE SAID BUT HE SLAMMED THE DOOR.
IF IT IS TRUE, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS TRUE, DON'T
WALK INTO SOMEBODY'S BED AND START HUGGING THEM.
THAT IS CRAZY.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS VERY WRONG IF IT IS TRUE.
EVEN SO, SOME OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT JOKING
ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL EXPLOITS, BUT ONE OF THEM HAD TO WORK
WITH HIM FOR 10 YEARS.
A WILL LITIGATE THIS CASE, BUT IT IS LIKE, COULD YOU JOKE
AROUND WITH SOMEONE YOU KNEW FOR 10
YEARS ABOUT SEXUAL EXPLOITS BUT YOU THINK IS WITHIN THE
LINE AND SHE THINKS IT'S OUTSIDE OF LINE?
MY POINT IS, YOU COULD BE JUSTIFIABLY OUTRAGED BY SOME
OF THESE ALLEGATIONS AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT THAT OUTRAGEOUS.
AND ONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS, IF YOU HATE ME OF SAYING THAT
THAT IS FINE.
I DO WANT TO STOP YOU FROM LITIGATING BECAUSE I THINK YOU
ARE GETTING INTO MURKY TERRITORY WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING
WHAT IS AND ISN'T CONSIDERABLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT WE
ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET INTO IT.
ALL RIGHTS, THE REASON THAT I GET INTO THE DETAILS AT ALL IS
BECAUSE THERE ARE 1 MILLION CASES OF SIGNIFICANT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THAT ARE IGNORED AND WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE WANT TO
BRING ATTENTION TO IT AND THEY DON'T GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND IT IS A WOMAN IN WEST VIRGINIA WHO IS CONSTANTLY
HARASSED BY HER BOSS AND IT GRINDS AWAY OR HER HUMANITY AND
SO THEN WHEN YOU HAVE ALLEGATIONS OF THEY ONCE USED MY
ROOM TO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER GIRLS AND I WANT A COUPLE
MILLION DOLLARS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, GETTING IN THE BED WITH A UNDERWEAR
AND PUTTING YOUR ARM AROUND HER, CRAZY.
YOU ARE RIGHT, I DON'T WANT TO LITIGATE EVERY PART OF THIS AND
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHICH DETAIL IS TRUE OR NOT BUT MY OVERALL POINT
IS PROVEN BY THIS CONVERSATION WHICH IS WE ARE POSITIVE
THAT HE IS GUILTY AND THAT HE SHOULDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM
HOLLYWOOD GOING FORWARD IN HIS LIFE?
THAT IS CRAZY TALK.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
EVEN THE WRITER HERE AND ONE OF THE ARTICLES WE READ SAYS
AT THE END, IT IS A CYCLE OF EASY FORGIVENESS AND
CELEBRITY RELATED AMNESIA.
I THINK THE OPPOSITE, I THINK THEY ARE NEVER FORGIVEN.
YOU ARE SO WRONG.
I MEAN, WHAT'S HIS NAME'S I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BLANKING
ON HIS NAME.
CHRIS BROWN?
YEAH, I WAS EVEN THINKING OF HIM, BUT THAT ONE FILMMAKER
WHO IS OLDER AND HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
WOODY ALLEN.
YES.
EVERYONE GIVES HIM A PASS.
NO ONE TAKES ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK SO.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN.
WOODY ALLEN HAS MADE MANY OTHER MOVIES AND GOTTEN ACCOLADES.MIL
GIBSON JUST MADE A MOVIE AND IT'S GOTTEN ACCOLADES THAT YOU
COULD SAY FORGIVE AND ON THE OTHER HAND, EVERY TIME WOODY
ALLEN AND MEL GIBSON'S NAMES ARE MENTIONED, IT IS ADDED THAT HE
IS ANTI-SOMATIC AND HAS SAID RACIST THING ABOUT MILLED
GIBSON.
I THINK WITH AUGUST AND BECAUSE EVIDENCE WAS SO JARRING,
YOU ARE RIGHT THAT WITH WOODY ALLEN THOUGH, I FEEL LIKE IT'S
HIGHLY REGARDED AND HIGHLY RESPECTED AND THEN
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND HE STILL HAS A SUCCESSFUL
CAREER AND IS DOING HIS THING.
THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN MINIMAL OVER ALL.
I AM NOW TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD,
ROMAN POLANSKI.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD STILL GIVING HIM A PASS.
IT IS INSANE.
THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
ROMAN POLANSKI IS REAL.
HE RAPED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND ADMITTED IT.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THERE IS NO PASS WITHOUT EVER.
THE FACT THAT HE GETS TO HAVE CREDIBILITY I THINK IS CRAZY.
HE RAN AWAY, HE NEVER SERVED THE SENTENCE.
IF HE HAD SERVED A SENTENCE AND GOT OUT YOU COULD SAY, THE
MAN COMMITTED A CRIME AND SERVED TIME FOR.
HE DIDN'T.
HE GOT AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE HE WAS A CELEBRITY AND FAMOUS.
THERE IS A DICHOTOMY.
FOR SOME CELEBRITIES, AND TELL HE GETS INTO THE PRESS AND
GETS MOMENTUM, THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH A TON OF STUFF.
LOOK AT WHAT TRUMP SAID.
HE SAID I GRAB THEM BY THE PUSSY AND THEY LET ME DO IT
BECAUSE I AM FAMOUS.
OF COURSE THAT EXISTS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I GET ANNOYED OF THE STORY LIKE
THIS BECAUSE THAT IS SO REAL AND GETS MINIMIZED WAY TOO OFTEN.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
AND THEN YOU TAKE A STORY LIKE THIS AND I GUARANTEE
YOU FROM NOW ON THERE WILL BE NO AMNESIA.
EVERY
TIME CASEY AFFLECK'S NAME IS MENTIONED, THEY WILL
MENTION THE STORY, RIGHT OR WRONG.