So, these women took money instead of going to the authorities?
“So, these women took money instead of going to the authorities?”
Sounds more to me like they were threatened with lawfare (blackmailed) if they didn’t take the money and keep quiet. They were also afraid of being permanently blacklisted from their careers if they didn’t take the money.
She had originally intended to expose his misconduct, Perkins said, and hoped to go to Disney as part of that effort. “But the lawyers were reluctant. They said words to the effect of: ‘they are not going to take your word against his with no evidence,’” she remembered. “I was very upset because the whole point was that we had to stop him by exposing his behavior. I was warned that he and his lawyers would try to destroy my credibility if I went to court. They told me he would try to destroy me and my family.”
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That is how this works. Big money and power. Intimidation and pay-offs.
Pay to Pervert -—
What exactly do you think they could do? Their own lawyers were telling them they would be destroyed, careers wrecked, for nothing.
Sure!
What about for $100?
Absolutely not! What kind of women do you think I am?
We've already determined what kind of woman you are, we're just negotiating price.
I am reading something more insides. her lawyer and the lawyer for Weinstein did not want there to be ant paper trail so part of the agreement was that they did not get a paper copy of the nondisclosure they signed. the only reason to do this is to make it so a third party lawyer could not consult later on about the compliance to the N.D.A.
Were it just that simple. I think that most of us, especially we men, have no gut feeling for the brutal leverage used on these women.
Do you think you could have convinced any of them that they would have accomplished anything really concrete in exchange for having their lives destroyed? Probably not.
The reality is that it is likely none of it would have gone anywhere and the Weinstein pack of legal jackals and sewer dwelling cohorts would have hounded these women into the grave. I've no doubt that threats of crippling injury and death would have been (probably were) quietly suggested. The Clintons did it - quite successfully. Was Bill Clinton ever brought to justice? No. Hillary, who probably handled most of the dirty work, has not been either.
I think we are unfair to assume that all of his victims were money grubbing sellouts.
NDA’s, correctly written, can make it easier to just put yourself in jail.
Remember Snowden? Every single alphabet soup agency worker I talked with (and I know a few) all were shocked not that he unveiled illegal activity, but that he would willing risk violating the NDA. In private industry, I have been asked to sign NDA’s that explicitly say you can’t tell any suspected or confirmed lawbreaking, with some rather harsh penalties if you do. Yes, you can win in court, but most don’t have the resources to do so
She is risking a lot speaking up now. Including future employment.
After the TRUTH comes out that's when they start grabbing and donning the halos