Keeping Harvey Weinstein’s Secrets, Part 1: Lisa Bloom

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Last week, our colleagues Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published a book documenting their investigation of Harvey Weinstein. In writing it, they discovered information about two feminist icons — Gloria Allred and her daughter, Lisa Bloom — that raises questions about their legacies and the legal system in which they’ve worked. Today, we look at the role of Ms. Bloom, a lawyer who represented Mr. Weinstein. Guests: Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, investigative reporters for The New York Times and the authors of “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement.” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: New reporting in “She Said” shows how some figures who have presented themselves as allies of victims have helped maintain their silence — and, in some cases, profited from it.Read more about Ms. Bloom’s involvement in the Weinstein case.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:55.6	So before all that in the summer of 2017, weeks into my joining Jody on the Harvey
1:14.6	Weinstein investigation, we were stuck.
1:18.8	Today on the daily, my colleagues, Megan, Tui and Jody Cantor.
1:24.2	Like so many other reporters who had tried and failed to report on Weinstein, we were
1:28.8	hitting roadblock after roadblock.
1:31.7	People wouldn't return our calls.
1:33.8	We couldn't find any records or documents.
1:37.7	There were so many hints and indications that there was a story there, but we were just
1:44.2	really having a hard time figuring out how to crack it open.
1:48.9	It really seemed like Harvey Weinstein had just been a master in covering his tracks.
1:55.5	So in the midst of all of these challenges and frustrations, I decide that I'm going
2:00.8	to call Gloria Allred.
2:03.3	We don't think that our daughters should have to trade sexual favors in order to get
2:06.6	a raise.
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