Nxxx,2017-10-06,A,018,Cs-4C,E1 , OCTOBER 6, 2017 FRIDAY NATIONAL K THE NEW YORK TIMES 2017 IMPACT AWARD C M Y N A18 Claims of Sexual Harassment Trail a Hollywood Mogul From Page A1 clined to comment on any of the settle- ments, including providing information about who paid them. But Mr. Weinstein said that in addressing employee con- cerns about workplace issues, “my motto is to keep the peace.” Ms. Bloom, who has been advising Mr. Weinstein over the last year on gender and power dynamics, called him “an old dinosaur learning new ways.” She said she had “explained to him that due to the power difference between a major studio head like him and most others in the in- dustry, whatever his motives, some of his words and behaviors can be perceived as Breaking Open the Sexual inappropriate, even intimidating.” Though Ms. O’Connor had been writ- ing only about a two-year period, her BY memo echoed other women’s com- plaints. Mr. Weinstein required her to have casting discussions with aspiring CHRISTOPHER actresses after they had private appoint- ments in his hotel room, she said, her de- scription matching those of other former PALMERI employees. She suspected that she and other female Weinstein employees, she wrote, were being used to facilitate li- Late Edition Harassment Scandal aisons with “vulnerable women who Today, clouds and sunshine, warm, hope he will get them work.” high 78. Tonight, mostly cloudy, The allegations piled up even as Mr. mild, low 66. Tomorrow, times of Weinstein helped define popular culture. clouds and sunshine, warm, high 80. He has collected six best-picture Oscars Weather map appears on Page B8. Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey Exposed an Ugly Hollywood Secret. They Are and turned out a number of touchstones, Nxxx,2017-10-31,A,009,Bs-4C,E1 from the films “Sex, Lies, and Video- tape,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Good Will TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 © 2017 The New York Times Company $2.50 VOL. CLXVII . .. No. 57,742 Hunting” to the television show “Project NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBERNxxx,2017-10-11,A,014,Bs-4C,E1 6, 2017 Runway.” In public, he presents himself Receiving the Press Club’s Inaugural Impact Award A14 as a liberal lion, a champion of women N A9 and a winner of not just artistic but hu- THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY N manitarian awards. , OCTOBER 11, 2017 Sexual MisconductIn 2015, theClaims year Ms. O’Connor wrote TRUMP TO FORCE her memo, his company distributed “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about T WAS the entertainment industry’s story of ers are the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s Trail a Hollywoodcampus sexual Mogul assault. A longtime Dem- CONGRESSNew Accusers TO ACT Expand Claims Against Weinstein Into the 1970s This article is by ocratic donor, he hosted a fund-raiser for Ellen Gabler Megan Twohey , and Jodi Kantor Hillary Clinton in his Manhattan home Hope Exiner d’Amore said Har-. the year, by far. Harvey Weinstein, the pro- inaugural Impact Award for journalists whose last year. He employed Malia Obama, the vey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room in theON 1970s, when IRAN he was a ACCORD Oscar-Winning Producer Hasoldest Quietly daughter of Settled former President young concert promoter in Buf- falo. Cynthia Burr said that during THE READER CENTER Barack Obama, as an intern this year, this time, he assaulted her in an ducer known for Oscar winners such as The work makes a profound difference in the world. encounter that began in an eleva- at Least 8 Complaints inand 3recently Decades helped endow a faculty tor and ended with forced oral sex Newly Emboldened, chair at Rutgers University in Gloria in a hallway. Ashley Matthau, a dancerR withEFUSING a bit part in one of TOhis RECERTIFY Women Speak Out English Patient and Shakespeare in Love, was a “These two intrepid women faced down Harvey Steinem’s name. During the Sundance movies, said that in 2004, he pushed her down on a bed and Film Festival in January, when Park City, masturbated while straddling her. By JODI KANTOR and MEGAN TWOHEY Days later, she said, he paid her to And Take Action Utah, held its version of nationwide remain silent. serial sexual abuser. For decades he had preyed Weinstein by exposing the sordid truth of the mo- Two decades ago, the Holly- for women at this company,” Ms. ThreeA weeks Broader after complaints of Strategy to By JOSEPHINE SEDGWICK I women’s marches, Mr. Weinstein joined sexual harassment and miscon- The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The wood producer Harvey Weinstein O’Connor said in the letter, ad- the parade. duct by Mr. Weinstein were first Times build deeper ties with our audience. reported in ThePressure New York Times, Tehran Is A woman in San Jose, Calif., says she’s finally looking for a invited Ashley Judd to the Penin- dressed to “Fromseveral the executives outside, it at seemed golden — women from different continents, counselor to help her cope. In Washington, a woman who said she upon young women looking to break into show gul’s decades-long sexual misconduct and abuse,” sula Beverly Hills hotel for what the company run by Mr. Wein- fields and generations have come was raped by her boss two years ago said she found the courage to the Oscars, the success, the remarkable forward with allegations of rape, report it to the police. Another emailed an old co-worker to tell him the young actress expected to be a stein. sexual assault and groping.Taking New Shape she felt his behavior was sexual harassment. cultural impact,” said Mark Gill, former accounts include one previously After allegations of sexual harassment and assault by the business. His actions confrmed the worst fears of Press Club Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus said business breakfast meeting. In- An investigation by The New undisclosed settlement with Mr. Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein came to light a little over president of Miramax Los Angeles when Weinstein and expand the time Weinstein that he had to stop, accordingtwo weeks ago, stories of “Me Too” have flooded social media, stead, he had her sent up to his York Times found previously un- G leading many, including a group of women in the California legisla- the company was owned by Disney. “But EORDIE WOOD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES frame of alleged wrongdoing to to the former colleagues, and that she ‘I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified. the 1970s. By MARK LANDLER ture, to publicly declare, “Enough.” room, where he appeared in a disclosed allegations against Mr. Together, the accounts provide We asked our readers to share their stories of the ripple ef- behind the scenes, it was a mess, and thisI thought he was going to fire me.’ JEFF VESPA/WIREIMAGE, VIA GETTY IMAGES would go public or initiate legal action the Hollywood casting couch. in announcing the award. “They did so in spite of a widening tally of allegedand DAVIDabuses, E. SANGER fects, big and small, of the Weinstein reports. bathrobe and asked if he could Weinstein stretching over nearly ‘The next thing I know, he’s pressing and illustrate the toll on women was the biggest mess of all,” he added, re-GWYNETH PALTROW, who said she had just been cast as the experiences with Mr. Weinstein asked a unless he changed his behavior. We heard from more than 200 readers. Here is a selection of give her a massage or she could three decades, documented against me and pulling off my sweater.’ who say theyEMILY Wfelt BERL ASHINGTONashamed FOR THE NEW and YORK TIMES — President the responses, which have been edited for length and clarity, and ferring to Mr. Weinstein’s treatment oflead in “Emma” when she was harassed by Harvey Weinstein. ‘He literally chasedisolated me. He ascommon theywouldn’t watched let the question: meHol- How could allega- Steve Hutensky, one of Miramax’sto protect en- the identities of those involved. watch him shower, she recalled in through interviews with current JUDITH GODRÈCHE, a French star who said she was asked to pass him to get to thelywood door.’ producerTrump walk redis car-expected to overrule his Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey got the story the onslaught of threats from Weinstein and his women. say nothing because Miramax was promoting her movie. pets, pile uptions Oscars and repeating showcase the same pattern — tertainment lawyers, was dispatched to an interview. and former employees and film in- his ties to prominent figures. ‘I wish I had a stronger voice back then, Dozens of Mr. Weinstein’s former and KATHERINE KENDALL, who said that topafteryoung she national refused women, to give security a powerful advisers male and London to negotiate a settlement with yourself — am I the onehim who a massage, is Mr.the Weinstein prob- left“This the hasroom, haunted then returned me my nude. entire but I didn’t. I have it now.’ “How do I get out of the room as dustry workers,current as well employees, as legal from assistants to life,” said Ms.decline Exiner d’Amore, to certify the Iran nuclear Ms. Perkins and her lawyer. He declined Star Actresses Say They Werelem?” Harassed by Weinsteinnow 62, who wasproducer, in her early 20s even some of the same hotels Women are now confronting their abusers. frst. Now the New York Times’ investigative report- powerful allies. Hollywood will confront itself and fast as possible without alienating records, emails and internal docu- agreement, according to people top executives, said they knew of in- “I don’t know anything about that,”at Mr.the time of the— alleged have rape.