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Are getting a lot of support. >> with the nypd now asking other alleged victims of weinstein to come forward, the movie mogul is preparing for potential criminal charges by adding lawyers to his team. while the company he founded with his brother bob issued a statement saying essentially they knew nothing "the weinstein companys board of representatives are shocked and dismayed by the recently emerged allegations of extreme sexual misconduct and sexual assault by harvey weinstein. these alleged ...

They had knowledge of the eight settlements that allegedly were done by harvey weinstein after there were allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women. this is not just human decency, but about real people who are women who are alleging that they were sexually harassed and sexual harassment harms the victims. thats the point. it harms them financially. it harms them emotionally and sometimes physically. it harms them with their family relationships. we need to focus on the persons who a...

Also, the board of harvey weinsteins company, the company that he was formerly the head of released a statement as well, brian, saying these allegations are ant theft call to human decency, these come as an utter surprise to the board, and a suggestion that the board had knowledge of this conduct is false. how could they not have known? >> im perplexed, by this statement. the official comment tonight from the board of directors, they know theyre under tremendous scrutiny, but even though there i...

Probably true. its because i know the industry so well and experienced it literally on a daily basis. it has gotten to be such common place. thats my issue. thats why i left. i loved the industry and loved what i did and i was a creative person and i didnt want to be treated like a hooker every day when i was dedicated to doing something with meaning. that was my goal was to make a change through what i was doing via art and not be treated like a piece of. >> gloria, tonight the board released t...

Allegations were made, but overlooked and dismissed and as we often see in these cases the machine is turned against the women. the lawyers and im a lawyer, we go after these women. they make it very difficult to move forward. >> i have to get the statement. you are talking about the manhattan das office. if we could have prosecuted harvey weinstein for the conduck we would have. while the recording is horrifying to listen to, what emerged from the audio was insufficient to prove a crime under n...

Sexual assault by harvey weinstein. these are antethreat call to human decency and come as a surprise to the board and any suggestion that the board had knowledge is false. the statement added we are committed to assisting with our full energies of these criminal investigation of these alleged acts. while pursuing justice for the victims. a full, independent investigation of our own. the board is saying we didnt know about this. theres been a lot of questions how they could possibly been in the ...

. >> dont ruin your friendship with me for 5 minutes. 5 minutes of what, exactly? that was reported in the nypd sting. weinstein was not criminally charged. amid all the new allegations against harvey weinstein, the board of directors at his former company released a statement that red, in part, these allegation are anti-thettical to human decency, these allegationles come to an utter surprise to the board. any suggestion that the board had knowledge of this conduct is false. meanwhile from a wa...

Part, it said, these alleged actions are antitheft call to human decency. these allegations come as an utter surprise to the board, any suggestion that the board had knowledge of this conduct is false. how could they not have known, gloria? >> well, i dont know what they knew and when they knew it. i dont know if they had knowledge of the reported eight settlements, allegedly were done by harvey weinstein after there were allegations of sexual harassment against him by a number of women. but you...

Seeming to be all alone as many are distancing themselves from him. his wife just announced she is leaving weinstein. and he was fired from his company earlier this week on sunday. fired from the company he co-founded with his brother bob. and late last night actor angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow came forward and the company issued this statement. let me read it to you, the weinstein companys board of representatives are shocked and dismayed by the recently emerged allegations of extreme sexu...

Weinstein was not criminally charged at the time with all of the new allegations against harvey weinstein the board of directors at his former company released a statement that read in part, these alleged actions are antithetical to human decency. and these allegations come as an utter surprise to the board. and ceo michael eisner who bought miramax tweeted this out fired weinsteins because they were irresponsible and harvey was an incorrespoigible bully. >> and president obama and former secret...