CLAIMS AGAINST HIM. KATE SNOW IS HERE WITH ALL OF
IT.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY ISSUING AHE
WEINSTEIN COMPANY ISSUING A STATEMENT OVERNIGHT, SAYING IN
LIGHT OF NEW INFORMATION OF
MISCONDUCT BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THAT HAS EMERGED IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS, HIS EMPLOYMENT WAS
TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.
TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.
A DRAMATIC TURN FOR ONE OF HOLLYWOODS BIGGEST PLAYERS.
THIS MORNING, A HOLLYWOOD TITAN
DETHRONED.
DETHRONED.
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY ANNOUNCING THAT HARVEY WEINSTEIN WASOUNCING
THAT HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS TERMINATED, EFFECTIVE
TERMINATED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY.
OUSTING THE MAN WHO POUNDED EDFO
COMPANY, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, BOB.ANY, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER,
BOB.
AFTER A REPORT AMID HARASSMENT
ISSUES THAT SPANS THREE DECK KID
>> IT WAS ALL SMOKE. BUT EVERYBODY THOUGHT THERE WAS
A FIRE.
A FIRE. >> Reporter: ASHLEY JUDD
ALLEGING THAT WEINSTEIN MET HER
IN A BATHROBE.
OTHERS DETAILED SEXUAL ADVANCES AND MISCONDUCT. SEXUAL ADVANCES
AND MISCONDUCT. "THE TIMES" REPORTS THAT
WEINSTEIN REACHED SETTLEMENTS
WITH EIGHT WOMEN OVER THE YEARS.
WEINSTEINS ATTORNEY CALLS THE
REPORT FALSE AND DEFAMATORY AND
PLANS TO FILE A LAWSUIT AT THE
PAPER. THIS WEEKEND, LAUREN SAVAGE SAID
THAT WEINSTEIN TOUCHED HIMSELF
INAPPROPRIATELY IN FRONT OF HER.
GLORIA ALLRED HAS BEEN CONTACTED
BY SOME OF WEINSTEINS ACCUSERS.
>> THERES FEAR BY VICTIMS IN
GENERAL IN HOLLYWOOD.
OFTEN, WOMEN FEAR THAT THEY MAY
NEVER WORK AGAIN IF THEY SPEAK
OUT.
OUT.
>> Reporter: WEINSTEIN BUILT HIS CAREER WITH HIT FILMS LIKE "PULP
FICTION," "GOOD WILL HUNTING"
AND "SILVER LINING PLAYBOOK."
>> HARVEY, THANK YOU FOR KILLING
WHOEVER YOU HAD TO KILL TO GET
ME UP HERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: MERYL STREEP.
>> I WANT TO THANK MY AGENT,
KEVIN, AND GOD, HARVEY
WEINSTEIN.
WEINSTEIN.
>> Reporter: THERES GROWING
OUTRAGE THAT MANY IN HOLLYWOOD
NEW OF THE ALLEGATIONS BUT REMAINED SILENT.ATIONS BUT
REMAINED SILENT. >> EVERYONE IS CONNECTED TO HIM.
AND EVERYONE FEELS SOMEWHAT
INDEBTED TO HIM.
THAT MAKES IT HARD AND
UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE ASKED
ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
WEIGHED IN THIS WEEKEND.
>> IVE KNOWN HARVEY WEINSTEIN
FOR A LONG TIME.
IM NOT AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE
IT.
IT.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT THIS
WEEK, WEINSTEIN SAID, I
APPRECIATE THE WAY IVE BEHAVED
WITH COLLEAGUES IN THE PAST HAS
CAUSED A LOT OF PAIN.
AND I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR
IT.
THOUGH IM TRYING TO DO BETTER.
I KNOW I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
THE WEINSTEIN BOARD SAID IT
HIRED A LAW FIRM TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINSTESTIGATE
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WEINSTEIN.
WEINSTEIN.
SUNDAYS STATEMENT DID NOT MAKE CLEAR IF THAT WAS STILL ONGOING.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN SAID BEFORE HE
WAS FIRED, THAT HE WOULD TAKE A
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO DEAL WITH
THIS ISSUE HEAD-ON.
HE WAS A BIG DONOR TO DEMOCRATS,
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
MANY HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL
GIVE THE DONATIONS OVER TO
CHARITY.
>> KATE, THANK YOU.
>>> JOINED BY MEGYN KELLY, AS
WELL.
SHES GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS ON "MEGYN KELLY TODAY."
AND YOURE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
IT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS NOW COME
FORWARD TO TELL ANOTHER
DISTURBING STORY.
>> HER NAME IS LAUREN SAVAN. I KNEW HER LOOSELY AT FOX YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
I KNOW HIM A BIT, TOO, FOR THAT
MATTER.
SHE HAS COME FORWARD SAYING THEY
HAD AN EXPERIENCE IN A
RESTAURANT.
SHE BARELY KNEW HIM, HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO HER. HIM, HE EXPOSED
HIMSELF TO HER.
AND IT WENT FROM THERE. SHES PREPARED TO DETAIL THIS
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CAMERA,
LIVE THIS MORNING, WHICH TAKES A
LOT OF COURAGE.
HE HAS NOT WEIGHED IN ON THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE BROKEN BY
THE HUFFINGTON POSTFRIDAY NIGHT.
SHE TALKS ABOUT THE DISGUST SHE
FELT IN THE MOMENT.
SHE WENT ON TO TELL MANY PEOPLE BUT DIDNT REPORT IT TONY PEOPLE
BUT DIDNT REPORT IT TO
AUTHORITIES.
THIS WAS THE ONE-TIME EXCHANGE
SHE HAD WITH HIM.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW.BE THE FIRST
ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW. SHE GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO THE
TOUGH ING
TOUGH ING HUFFINGTON POST.
HUFFINGTON POST. IS IT SAFE FOR HER TO TELL THIS
STORY?
STORY?
HAVE THE FLOODGATES HAVE OPENED?
>> OTHERS, BIGGER STARS THAN LAUREN.RS, BIGGER STARS THAN
LAUREN.
SHES A REPORTER. MAJOR MOVIE STARS HAVE MADE
THESE ALLEGATIONS.
THESE ALLEGATIONS. AND SHE FELT EMBOLDENED BY THE
SAFETY IN NUMBERS.
WEVE SEEN THIS REPEATEDLY NOW.
>> DID YOU TALK ABOUT HER
REACTION WHEN SHE LEARNED OF THE
OTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HARVEY
WEINSTEIN?
WEINSTEIN?
>> I THINK YOULL FIND SHE WASNT SURPRISED. FIND SHE
WASNT SURPRISED. LAUREN SAID, WHILE SHE DIDNT GO
TO THE POLICE AND SHE DIDNT GO
TO WEINSTEINS BOARD, SHE TOLD
THIS STORY TO ANYONE WHO WOULD
LISTEN.
LISTEN.
AND SHE WILL WITH BEDETAILING HO
FRIEND GOT AN EARFUL THAT WAS
WITH HER.
THIS IS NOT A POWERFUL WOMAN, IN
THE REPORTING INDUSTRY OR IN HOLLYWOOD.ING INDUSTRY OR IN
HOLLYWOOD.
AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS AND IS A POWERFUL MAN.STEIN WAS AND IS
A POWERFUL MAN. >> MEGYN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.