"TODAY"S MATT LAUER. ALL THAT AND MORE RIGHT NOW.
HI!
HI! GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM,
EVERYBODY.
IM MEGYN KELLY.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING SHOW FOR YOU
TODAY, INCLUDING A SPECIAL TRIP
WE MADE DOWN TO CAMP LEJEUNE,
NORTH CAROLINA, TO SEE WHAT IT
TAKES TO BECOME A MARINE.
MY OWN HUMILIATION WAS THEN
COMPLETE.
WELL BRING THAT TO YOU. >>> WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH THIS.
THREE DAYS HAVE GONE BY SINCE WE
LAST REPORTED ON THE WAVE OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAD HALLOWEEN AND THE NEW
YORK CITY TERROR ATTACK.
SINCE WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE
TOPIC, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY
NEW CHARGES, THAT IT IS SHOCKING AND STOMACH TURNING. IS SHOCKING
AND STOMACH TURNING. FIRST UP, HARVEY WEINSTEIN
UPDADEUP
UPDADEUP UPDATE.
UPDATE. THATS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE
LEVER
LEVER
BEVERLY HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER IT RECEIVED MULTIPLETMENT
AFTER IT RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM.
HE DENIES ALL L GAGSY SIES ALLEG
NON-CONSENSUAL SEX.
AND THERE ARE 70 OF THEM.
NOW THE LATEST ON KEVIN SPACEY. HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THIS?Y.
HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THIS? KEVIN SPACEY.
KEVIN SPACEY. HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY ACTOR
ANTHONY RAPP OF TRYING TO,
QUOTE, GET WITH RAPP SEXUALLY
BACK IN 1986, WHEN RAPP WAS 14
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. NOW SPACEYS SERIES, "HOUSE OF
CARDS," HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
INDEFINITELY, EFFECTIVE
INDEFINITELY, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, SAYS NETFLIX.
ANOTHER SPACEY ACCUSER, A
MEXICAN ACTOR, POSTED ON
FACEBOOK THAT WHILE SPACEY WAS
THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE OLD
VICK THEATER IN LONDON, HE SAYS
SPACEY, QUOTE, HAD DISGRACEFUL
ENCOUNTERS WITH HIM, HE AND
SPACEY DID, WHICH WERE ON THE
EDGE OF BEING CALLED ASSAULT.
CAVAZOS SAID, IF I WAS A WOMAN,
I WOULDNT HESITATE IN CALLING
THEM THAT.
THEM THAT. THE SPACEY ACCUSERS IS AT LEAST
FIVE.
FIVE.
AT LEAST FIVE. LAST NIGHT, A PUBLICIST FOR
SPACEY SAYS HE IS TAKING THE
TIME NECESSARY TO SEEK
EVALUATION AND TREATMENT.
BRETT RATNER, YOU KNOW THE NAME?
I KNEW IT BUT I DIDNT KNOW WHAT
I KNEW IT FROM.
HES KNOWN FOR DIRECTING THE
"RUSH HOUR" SERIES.
THIS GUY IS FAMOUS.
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HOLLYWOOD.
NOW HES KNOWN FOR SOMETHING
ELSE.
ELSE.
ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY, QUOTE, DOZENS OF WOMEN.SMENT
BY, QUOTE, DOZENS OF WOMEN. IT STARTED AS ONE, THEN IT WAS
SIX, AND NOW IT IS UP TO DOZENS,
ACCORDING TO THE "LA TIMES."
ONE IS NATASHA, FAIRLY
WELL-KNOWN, IN "THE WHOLE NINE
YARDS," AMONGST OTHER MOVIES,
ALLEGING HE FORCED HER TO
PERFORM ORAL SEX ON HIM.
TAKE A MOMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS NOT EASY FOR
SOMEONE AS FAMOUS AS THAT, OR
FOR ANY WOMAN, FAMOUS OR NOT, TO
COME FORWARD WITH THAT SPECIFIC
ALLEGATION.
ALLEGATION.
ONCE YOU SEE ONE, WE TEND IN THESE CASES TO SEE THE FLOOD
GATES OPEN.
GATES OPEN.
I KNOW A LOT OF MEN ARE WORRIED, LIKE MAYBE THERE WAS THIS ONEED,
LIKE MAYBE THERE WAS THIS ONE TIME I -- ITS LIKE, ONE TIME IS
ONE THING, YOU KNOW.
ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND THERE WAS
A MISUNDERSTANDING AT THE OFFICE
PLACE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, BUT YOU GET
DOZENS OF WOMEN IN THE COURSE OF
THREE DAYS COMING FORWARD,
YOUVE GOT A PROBLEM.
YOU GOT A PROBLEM.
RATNERS ATTORNEY RESPONDING,
QUOTE, I REPRESENTED MR. RATNER
FOR TWO DECADES.
NO WOMEN EVER MADE A CLAIM
AGAINST HIM FOR SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT MAY BE TRUE.
BUT IN ALL OF THESE CASES, WHAT
WERE SEEING IS, NINE TIMES OF
TEN, THE WOMEN DONT MAKE
COMPLAINTS.
COMPLAINTS.
THEY SUCK IT UP, ARE QUIET, FEEL
SHAMED, FEEL LIKE THEY INVITED IT, FEEL LIKE THEYRE THE ONLYD
IT, FEEL LIKE THEYRE THE ONLY ONE, AND ONLY WHEN THEY SEE
ANOTHER ONE COME OUT, THEY LEARN
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE WEINSTEIN,
THEY FIND THE COURAGE.
DOESNT MEAN RATNER IS GUILTY.
IT IS JUST CONTEXT FOR THE
LAWYER STATEMENT.
LAWYER STATEMENT. RATNER IS SUING ONE ACCUSER FOR
DEFAMATION
DEFAMATION DEFAMATION.
DEFAMATION. OF ONE NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD 12
YEARS AGO, SHE SAID, HE PREYED
ON ME AS A DRUNK GIRL AND FORCED
HIMSELF ON TO ME.
JEREMY PIVEN, THE EMMY-WINNING
"ENTRAJ
"ENTRAJ "ENTROJ"
"ENTROJ" "ENTOURAGE" ACTOR, WHO.
BELLAMAR SAID, REMEMBER GRABBING
MY BREASTS ON THE COUCH?
ME TOO.
ME TOO.
HE DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS.
HE SAID, IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
HBO SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST WERE HEARING ABOUT BELLAMARSRST WERE
HEARING ABOUT BELLAMARS ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS.
ZERO TOLERANCE IS OUR POLICY. IT IS ALWAYS THE POLICY.LICY.
IT IS ALWAYS THE POLICY. NO ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF
HARASSMENT IS OKAY.
YOURE GOOD.
YOURE GOOD. JUST COP A FEEL ONCE, YOURE
FINE.
FINE.
ITS MOTT THENOT THE POLICY. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT IS
ENFORCED MEANINGFUL.
ENFORCED MEANINGFUL. YES.
YES.
THANK YOU.
CBS IS PRODUCING PIVENS NEW
SHOW "WISDOM OF THE CROWD."
IT SAID, WERE AWARE OF THE
MEDIA REPORTS AND ARE LOOKING INTO THE MATTER.D ARE LOOKING
INTO THE MATTER. CASSIDY FREEMAN IS ALSO ACCUSING
PIVEN OF PREDATORY BEHAVIOR BUT
HASNT GIVEN MORE DETAIL.
NOW DUSTIN HOFFMAN.
YES, I KNOW.
HASNT BEEN JUDGED GUILTY IN A
COURT OF LAW, BUT HE IS UNDER
FIRE TODAY BY A WOMAN NAMED ANNA
GRAHAM HUNTER WHO WROTE IN THE
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER YESTERDAY,
WHEN SHE WAS A PRODUCTION
ASSISTANT ON THE SET OF "DEATH
OF A SALESMAN" IN 1985, AND SHE
WAS 17 YEARS OLD, HOFFMAN
GRABBED HER ASS, A QUOTE, AND
TALKED TO HER ABOUT SEX AND IN
FRONT OF HER TALKED ABOUT SEX.
SHE SAYS SHE LOVED ATTENTION
UNTIL SHE DIDNT.
CAN I JUST SAY, THAT IS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE
FEEL GUILTY, LIKE THEY ASKED FOR
IT?
IT?
SOMETIMES A MAN WILL SAY SOMETHING, YOU DONT KNOW WHAT
TO DO, YOU LAUGH IT OFF.
ITS LIKE YOUVE HAD THIS, HA,
HA, HA, I DONT WANT TO OFFEND
DUSTIN HOFFMAN BY READING MORE
INTO THE COMMENT THAN HE MEANT.
THEN YOURE DOWN THIS PATH OF,
OH, CRAP, LIKE, UH-OH, NOW HE
THINKS I WANT THIS TALK AND I
DONT.
DONT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WOMEN ARE STRUGGLING WITH, IS HOW DO I
RESPOND IN THE MOMENT WHEN ONE
OF THESE COMMENTS COMES AT ME
AND I DONT WANT IT, YOU KNOW.
YOU DONT WANT TO HAVE THIS CALL
HIM OUT MOMENT.
IT IS DUSTIN HOFFMAN.
YOU LOVE HIM.
YOURE TRYING NOT TO HAVE THAT
MOMENT WITH HIM.
HOFFMAN PUT OUT A STATEMENT, I
HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR
WOMEN AND FEEL TERRIBLE ANYTHING
I COULD HAVE DONE PUT HER IN AN
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION.
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. IM SORRY.
IM SORRY.
IT IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF WHO I AM.IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF WHO I
AM. THEN NASHVILLE PUBLICIST, KURT
WEBSTER, WHO REPRESENTS DOLLY
PARTON, KID ROCK.
HE HAS LEFT HIS COMPANY AFTER
BEING ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
BY A FORMER CLIENT.
HIS NAME IS AUSTIN RICK, WHO
PERFORMED UNDER THE NAME OF
AUSTINAHHS
AUSTINAHHS AUSTIN CODY.
AUSTIN CODY. WEBSTERS SPOKESPERSON SAID
WHILE HE DEALS WITH THE UNTRUE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, THE
COMPANYS WORK WILL CONTINUE
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SOMEBODY
ELSE.
ELSE. I DONT -- I DONT KNOW WHAT TO
SAY.
SAY. YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? SICK OF IT.
I MEAN, WE ALL ARE, RIGHT.
IM PROUD OF WOMEN FOR COMING
FORWARD, AND MEN.
WERE SEEING A LOT OF THESE MEN
COME FORWARD, TOO.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS.
I DO WANT TO STRESS, I PRACTICED LAW FOR YEARS, IT DOESNT MAKECED
LAW FOR YEARS, IT DOESNT MAKE THEM TRUE, JUST BECAUSE THEY
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD.
IT DOESNT. THESE GUYS HAVENT HAD THEIR DAY
TO DEFEND THE CASES OR
ADJUDICATE THEM IN COURT.
BUT YOUVE GOT DOZENS OF WOMEN.
COME ON.
COME ON. COME ON.
COME ON. IM WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF
OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
IM PROUD OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN
FOR COMING FORWARD.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO
SOME SERIOUS SOUL SEARCHING AS A
NATION WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE