Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Oct 11, 2017 23:09:24 GMT -6
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Weinstein Co. Knew About Harvey Weinstein Payoffs Since 2015 (Report)
The Weinstein Company board, which stated on Tuesday that it was not aware of the cash settlements Harvey Weinstein had made regarding sexual harassment allegations, was alerted to the payments in 2015, according to an interview by the New York Times with lawyer David Boies.
Boies represented Harvey Weinstein in 2015 when Weinstein’s contract was up for renewal. According to the interview, Boies stated that the board was informed of three or four of the settlements Weinstein had reached.
Lance Maerov, the board member who was in charge of Weinstein’s contract negotiations at the time, also said in an interview that he had been made aware of the settlements but had assumed they were to cover up consensual affairs, and, as he was assured there were no pending lawsuits against Weinstein and that Weinstein hadn’t used company money to make the settlements, he granted the contract.
With the allegations made by Italian actress Ambra Battilana still relatively recent, Weinstein refused to make his personnel file available to the board directly and instead utilized an outside lawyer, H. Rodgin Cohen, to examine his file and make a determination as to whether it was legally safe to continue Weinstein’s employment.
In Cohen’s letter to the board, he does not describe the contents of Weinstein’s file, nor does he relate any instances of private settlements with women who had alleged sexual misconduct.
Boies declined to specify which settlements he was aware of, or which board members he communicated with.
More to come…
Weinstein Co. Knew About Harvey Weinstein Payoffs Since 2015 (Report)
The Weinstein Company board, which stated on Tuesday that it was not aware of the cash settlements Harvey Weinstein had made regarding sexual harassment allegations, was alerted to the payments in 2015, according to an interview by the New York Times with lawyer David Boies.
Boies represented Harvey Weinstein in 2015 when Weinstein’s contract was up for renewal. According to the interview, Boies stated that the board was informed of three or four of the settlements Weinstein had reached.
Lance Maerov, the board member who was in charge of Weinstein’s contract negotiations at the time, also said in an interview that he had been made aware of the settlements but had assumed they were to cover up consensual affairs, and, as he was assured there were no pending lawsuits against Weinstein and that Weinstein hadn’t used company money to make the settlements, he granted the contract.
With the allegations made by Italian actress Ambra Battilana still relatively recent, Weinstein refused to make his personnel file available to the board directly and instead utilized an outside lawyer, H. Rodgin Cohen, to examine his file and make a determination as to whether it was legally safe to continue Weinstein’s employment.
In Cohen’s letter to the board, he does not describe the contents of Weinstein’s file, nor does he relate any instances of private settlements with women who had alleged sexual misconduct.
Boies declined to specify which settlements he was aware of, or which board members he communicated with.
More to come…