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Sanctioned by the u.s. and had a secret meeting. >>and harvey weinstein is facing rape charges. his defense team offering this. >> mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood. >> one of his accusers joins me next. ♪ ♪ the powerful backing of american express. dont live life without it.

By this movement. so i think were going to see a lot of push back that harveys going to say this was con sesenl and theyre going to say he was swept up in something. >> i think hes going to say that the sexual contact was consensual, but also that this is how it goes in hollywood, that the currency in hollywood is the exchange of the casting couch for consensual sex. hes laid that out already. and i do agree with the part of his statement, though, about his concern over the me-too movement and w...

In terms of the casting couch, you know, you have to remember defense lawyers dont invent the efld. they have to deal with what, you know, what the facts are. i think the only defense really available to harvey weinstein here is that these encounters were perhaps, you know, not romantic in nature but both sides got something out of it. this was a conscienensual -- th was consensual sex that both sides got advantages from. im not saying thats true. certainly the evidence we know about does not su...

His attorney says he will plead not guilty to all of the charges, telling reporters that hollywood was partly to blame for the allegations facing his client. >> mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood. 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. its only if you intentionally committed a criminal act and mr. weinstein vigorously denies that. >> while weinsteins case centers around the all...

First to publicly accuse weinstein of rape. >> we got you. yeah. >> to see him in cuffs on the way out, whether he smiled or not, that is a very good feeling. >> reporter: weinstein denied having none conseason shall sex with any accused 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. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent there is bad behavio...

It is a moment so many women and to be fair men as well have been fighting for, a moment so many survivors thought would never come. film mogul harvey weinstein finally in handcuffs. he was relest ased on a $10 miln bond. he surrendered his passport and will wear a monitoring device as he waits for trial. his attorney says he will plead not guilty to all of the charges telling reporters today outside that courthouse that hollywood was partly to blame for the accusations against his client. >> mr...

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With many defense motions, challenge the charges, hell move to dismiss, hell have a vigorous cross examination of the ladies. ive got no doubt about that. im sure mr. weinstein has a very good lawyer. but at the end of the day, these cases come down to whether or not jurors believe the ladies and the victims over the accused, and i just dont know that going in and saying basically, yes, the events happened, but, you know, it is just the hollywood casting couch and he didnt invent that, im not su...

Rape in the third degree. now, these charges stem from a grand jury investigation involving two women. one who says she was assaulted by weinstein in 2004. the other in 2013. the prosecutor describing the crimes with weinstein in the courtroom as violent class b felonies. listen. >> the defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. >> this was a pivotal moment in the #metoo movement that has had nearly 80 women come f...

After it. they are going to try to disprove. they say they have videos. they have text messages. they have emails and they will put it all out there to say okay, this guy did not invent the casting couch. thing couch was there its reciprocal to try to show that people tried to take advantage of the casting couch to better themselves in their career. thats what theyre trying to proffer and put out there. people are listening to it. they hear this, et cetera. what that means is he is not going to ...