Harvey Weinstein

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Anonymous wrote:There needs to be a Federal Investigation into the rampant sex crimes in the entertainment industry. And I'm not even referring to the porn contingent. That's a whole different thing.

I'm referring here to just plain, basic Hollywood that needs to be investigated. We need to know if female actresses can get jobs without getting sexually assaulted.

Why not?

It's been this way for ages sadly. My theory is that the extent to which men in Hollywood used and abused Marilyn Monroe contributed greatly to her downfall.

True, but why aren't we demanding a federal investigation of the industry, now that we know how widespread the crimes are?

It's a valid question.

Could one of the attorneys here please weigh in?
Thank you.

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Just WHY did it take 8-10 years for many top name celebs to come out about this? I don't get it...this man is a vile pig and i am so sure his wife knew nothing about it. Yea right.

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Another actress came out with a story.

http://time.com/4978146/cara-delevingne-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/

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Anonymous wrote:Why did these women agree to meet with him in his hotel room? Who does that?

CAN YOU NOT BLAME VICTIMS

I'm not blaming the victims...what Harvey did was wrong.

But what respectable woman takes a meeting in a man's hotel room? Befuddling. Meet in an office. Meet in a restaurant.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

No, I'm not. No respectable woman would take a meeting in a man's hotel room. It puts him in a position of power. Smart women select the location and take control.

1. He was a huge deal. There is no way these aspiring actresses could set the location.
2. I have a friend who works in the entertainment industry and is is very common practice to meet outside of the office in all sorts of places.
3. Did you know a lot official on campus recruiting interviews actually take place in hotel rooms? I guess if women at top business and law schools participate in that it's their fault if something happens?

+1 all my law firm interviews were conducted in hotel rooms. Also if you truly think "Smart women select the location and take control" was a reasonable thing to say about this situation, you are not an intelligent person. Do you not understand the position of power and influence he was in? He called ALL the shots in terms of when / where / of such a meeting occurred. As an unknown aspiring 22 year old actress...you were "lucky" to even get a meeting with him, you would have been laughed (or maybe yelled...) out of town if you tried to come in and strongarm the logistics. How do you not get that?

Furthermore, if you read up it's pretty well-documented that he coerced them to his hotel room - he'd set up a meeting in the lobby or bar, then "forget" the script up there. He'd have the woman arrive at the hotel and the front desk would tell her last minute that actually, she needed to go up to his room to meet him. He'd have her invited to an industry party, and she'd arrive all dressed up and be led to...an empty hotel room. He was conniving and relentless and manipulative and knew exactly what he was doing.

Any actress who was actually being considered for a legit role would have had her agent with her. All of these encounters were with aspiring actresses at the time...and I suppose they were desperate. This is classic casting couch behavior.

If he really wanted to meet with Suzy Aspring Actress about a legit role, he would have his male assistant call her agent. Picking her up in a club or at an industry party and inviting her back to his hotel? Red flag. Hopping in a limo with a bunch of men? Red flag.

"Call my agent."

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Anonymous wrote:Why did these women agree to meet with him in his hotel room? Who does that?

CAN YOU NOT BLAME VICTIMS

I'm not blaming the victims...what Harvey did was wrong.

But what respectable woman takes a meeting in a man's hotel room? Befuddling. Meet in an office. Meet in a restaurant.

There was a woman on the daily podcast today from the New York Times who had a terrible run in with him. I forget who she was, but there is a long interview with her and she does share how she went to his hotel room. The meeting was set up with her agent so she was not worried about it because it all seems on the up and up.

These are larger suites where there is a living area as well as the bedroom. Celebrities want privacy and to be able to discuss things. I I understand the surprise of going to a hotel room, but it seems like he did it in a way that wouldn't set off alarm bells. He had pictures of his wife and children present. Listen to the podcast, it is truly disgusting

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Anonymous wrote:Why did these women agree to meet with him in his hotel room? Who does that?

CAN YOU NOT BLAME VICTIMS

I'm not blaming the victims...what Harvey did was wrong.

But what respectable woman takes a meeting in a man's hotel room? Befuddling. Meet in an office. Meet in a restaurant.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

No, I'm not. No respectable woman would take a meeting in a man's hotel room. It puts him in a position of power. Smart women select the location and take control.

1. He was a huge deal. There is no way these aspiring actresses could set the location.
2. I have a friend who works in the entertainment industry and is is very common practice to meet outside of the office in all sorts of places.
3. Did you know a lot official on campus recruiting interviews actually take place in hotel rooms? I guess if women at top business and law schools participate in that it's their fault if something happens?

+1 all my law firm interviews were conducted in hotel rooms. Also if you truly think "Smart women select the location and take control" was a reasonable thing to say about this situation, you are not an intelligent person. Do you not understand the position of power and influence he was in? He called ALL the shots in terms of when / where / of such a meeting occurred. As an unknown aspiring 22 year old actress...you were "lucky" to even get a meeting with him, you would have been laughed (or maybe yelled...) out of town if you tried to come in and strongarm the logistics. How do you not get that?

Furthermore, if you read up it's pretty well-documented that he coerced them to his hotel room - he'd set up a meeting in the lobby or bar, then "forget" the script up there. He'd have the woman arrive at the hotel and the front desk would tell her last minute that actually, she needed to go up to his room to meet him. He'd have her invited to an industry party, and she'd arrive all dressed up and be led to...an empty hotel room. He was conniving and relentless and manipulative and knew exactly what he was doing.

Any actress who was actually being considered for a legit role would have had her agent with her. All of these encounters were with aspiring actresses at the time...and I suppose they were desperate. This is classic casting couch behavior.

If he really wanted to meet with Suzy Aspring Actress about a legit role, he would have his male assistant call her agent. Picking her up in a club or at an industry party and inviting her back to his hotel? Red flag. Hopping in a limo with a bunch of men? Red flag.

"Call my agent."

I think you're missing how extremely powerful this individual was in an UNREGULATED industry. No whislerblower protections or code of ethics. Reputation is everything, that's why Farrow highlighted the whisper campaigns that came out shortly after a woman refused/pushed back.

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NBC news did not publish the story when they could have. I guess no one is to be trusted.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did these women agree to meet with him in his hotel room? Who does that?

CAN YOU NOT BLAME VICTIMS

I'm not blaming the victims...what Harvey did was wrong.

But what respectable woman takes a meeting in a man's hotel room? Befuddling. Meet in an office. Meet in a restaurant.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

No, I'm not. No respectable woman would take a meeting in a man's hotel room. It puts him in a position of power. Smart women select the location and take control.

1. He was a huge deal. There is no way these aspiring actresses could set the location.
2. I have a friend who works in the entertainment industry and is is very common practice to meet outside of the office in all sorts of places.
3. Did you know a lot official on campus recruiting interviews actually take place in hotel rooms? I guess if women at top business and law schools participate in that it's their fault if something happens?

+1 all my law firm interviews were conducted in hotel rooms. Also if you truly think "Smart women select the location and take control" was a reasonable thing to say about this situation, you are not an intelligent person. Do you not understand the position of power and influence he was in? He called ALL the shots in terms of when / where / of such a meeting occurred. As an unknown aspiring 22 year old actress...you were "lucky" to even get a meeting with him, you would have been laughed (or maybe yelled...) out of town if you tried to come in and strongarm the logistics. How do you not get that?

Furthermore, if you read up it's pretty well-documented that he coerced them to his hotel room - he'd set up a meeting in the lobby or bar, then "forget" the script up there. He'd have the woman arrive at the hotel and the front desk would tell her last minute that actually, she needed to go up to his room to meet him. He'd have her invited to an industry party, and she'd arrive all dressed up and be led to...an empty hotel room. He was conniving and relentless and manipulative and knew exactly what he was doing.

Any actress who was actually being considered for a legit role would have had her agent with her. All of these encounters were with aspiring actresses at the time...and I suppose they were desperate. This is classic casting couch behavior.

If he really wanted to meet with Suzy Aspring Actress about a legit role, he would have his male assistant call her agent. Picking her up in a club or at an industry party and inviting her back to his hotel? Red flag. Hopping in a limo with a bunch of men? Red flag.

"Call my agent."

So Paltrow is lying?

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Nobody said Paltrow lied. I just think she was rather naive and put herself in a bad situation. Lesson learned. I bet she never took a meeting alone with a strange man again.

All you people who think it's nbd to go to hotel rooms alone with a stranger are lucky your bones haven't been made into windchimes. A healthy dose of distrust and precaution would be a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:NBC news did not publish the story when they could have. I guess no one is to be trusted.

...Certainly not NBC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be a Federal Investigation into the rampant sex crimes in the entertainment industry. And I'm not even referring to the porn contingent. That's a whole different thing.

I'm referring here to just plain, basic Hollywood that needs to be investigated. We need to know if female actresses can get jobs without getting sexually assaulted.

Why not?

It's been this way for ages sadly. My theory is that the extent to which men in Hollywood used and abused Marilyn Monroe contributed greatly to her downfall.

True, but why aren't we demanding a federal investigation of the industry, now that we know how widespread the crimes are?

It's a valid question.

Could one of the attorneys here please weigh in?
Thank you.

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

Considering the whole debacle with Kesha and Dr. Luke it's pretty apparent that sexual harassment is rampant in the entire entertainment industry. Not sure why any of these actresses were surprised or didn't say anything sooner.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody said Paltrow lied. I just think she was rather naive and put herself in a bad situation. Lesson learned. I bet she never took a meeting alone with a strange man again.

All you people who think it's nbd to go to hotel rooms alone with a stranger are lucky your bones haven't been made into windchimes. A healthy dose of distrust and precaution would be a good thing.

You're ridiculous. Harvard Law School had its on-campus interviews in hotel rooms when I was there. You would have just skipped job interviews? I assume, in addition to being distrustful, you're also independent wealthy? No need for a job?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be a Federal Investigation into the rampant sex crimes in the entertainment industry. And I'm not even referring to the porn contingent. That's a whole different thing.

I'm referring here to just plain, basic Hollywood that needs to be investigated. We need to know if female actresses can get jobs without getting sexually assaulted.

Why not?

It's been this way for ages sadly. My theory is that the extent to which men in Hollywood used and abused Marilyn Monroe contributed greatly to her downfall.

True, but why aren't we demanding a federal investigation of the industry, now that we know how widespread the crimes are?

It's a valid question.

Could one of the attorneys here please weigh in?
Thank you.

Anyone?

Congress could hold hearings if they thought the public was sufficiently outraged - kinda like what they did with steroids in baseball.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody said Paltrow lied. I just think she was rather naive and put herself in a bad situation. Lesson learned. I bet she never took a meeting alone with a strange man again.

All you people who think it's nbd to go to hotel rooms alone with a stranger are lucky your bones haven't been made into windchimes. A healthy dose of distrust and precaution would be a good thing.

You're ridiculous. Harvard Law School had its on-campus interviews in hotel rooms when I was there. You would have just skipped job interviews? I assume, in addition to being distrustful, you're also independent wealthy? No need for a job?

I think you are ridiculous to compare law school interviews with casting couch antics involving young adoring actresses and sleazy moguls like Harvey.

I'm a lawyer btw. There was nothing sleazy happening during OCIs...even those held at hotels.