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Heres what his attorney had to say. >> my job is not to defend behavior. my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood. and to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. bad behavior is not on trial in this case. >> reporter: there are other possible charges against harvey weinstein because a special grand jury is looking into charges. and his attorney says hes going ...

Not dealing with this case and charging weinstein originally in 2015. weinsteins lawyer, though, previewed a defense today that tries to cast weinstein as a purveyor of bad behavior on the, quote, casting couch, but not a criminal. >> my job is not to defend behavior. my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood. and to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. bad ...

Anytime soon. >> michelle, katie talks about what may be the defense here. certainly publicly sounded like is going to be the defense from weinstein side, the comment from his lawyer that hes not the guy who invented the casting couch. what was your reaction to hearing that? >> well, he didnt invent rape either. i mean thats not the -- i think the idea is to say, well, this was an accepted part of the exchange in hollywood. so how can you punish someone who thought he was entitled to behave like...

That there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. >> did i just hear him there defend the casting couch, kind of dismiss this? >> well, you know, it is correct to say that these are two separate things. i would point out what the women and certainly that "new yorker" story that lucia evans was accusing harvey weinstein was not the casting couch. it was rape and sexual assault. harvey weinstein is entitled to a robust defense. in the press context we made sure he had fa...

But were seeing signs of criminal accountability is extraordinary. i think, as you say, unexpected. >> now, there were a number of accusers of harvey weinstein. there were two cases involved here, one of lucia evans and another unnamed victim. why these two cases in particular? >> the police sources that i spoke to in this latest article that came out overnight talked about their long, pain staking process. ive stayed in touch with a lot of the sources over seven months of traveling around the w...

Inside orally, thats rape. if thats what happened and the jury believes her, he can talk about the casting couch all day long. hes going to jail somethi. >> but doesnt this foreshadow the defense strategy on a larger scale. its not going to be so much about harvey weinstein but about his defense attorneys putting these victims on trial? wont they be forced to go through a rigorous cross examination that could be very difficult for them? >> ive been doing this for a very long time. ive heard many...

>> my job is not to defend behavior, my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behavior in florida industry, that is not what this is about. >> if you stay positive, you have a shot. prrt it is . >> reporter: it is a stunning fall for the man behind several major movies like silver lining playbook, the kings speech, and shakespeare in love just to name a few. some of which...

>> i fought with this volley of noes, which he ignored. >> reporter: and rows mcgowan, one of the first to accuse weinstein publicly of rape. >> we got you, yeah. to see him in cuffs on the way out, whether he smiled or not, thats a very good feeling. >> reporter: weinstein denies having nonconsensual sex with any of his accusers and his attorney insisted today his client is innocent. >> my job is not to defend behavior. my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. ...

Throwing a basketball at him. well get a live report. plus the man who alleged crimes helped propel the me too movement, harvey weinstein handcuffed and charged with rape as his defense team offers this. >> mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood. and a creepy incident involving a device so many of us have in our homes. amazons alexa records a couples private conversation and then sends it out to a random person in their contact list.

Lawyer who said that everything was consensual and that weinstein didnt invent the casting couch. what do you think of that defense strategy? >> good luck. these women are not talking about a casting couch. although we dont know a lot of details about one of the charges, the more serious felony rape charge because that woman was not yet spoken publicly, even if you just look at the lucia evans charges which relate to the second felony count of sexual abuse, theres nothing about her description t...