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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. don't live life without it.
By this movement. so i think we're going to see a lot of push back that harvey's going to say this was con sesenl and they're going to say he was swept up in something. >> i think he's 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. he's laid that out already. and i do agree with the part of his statement, though, about his concern over the me-too movement and whether he can get 12 fair jurors because as we just saw in the bill cosby trial, he had trial n...
In terms of the casting couch, you know, you have to remember defense lawyers don't 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. i'm not saying that's true. certainly the evidence we know about does not suggest that's the case. i think the defense here is going to have to be, look, these were consensu...
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. it's only if you intentionally committed a criminal act and mr. weinstein vigorously denies that. >> while weinstein's case centers around the allegation of abuse of two women, there have been more than 80 who have accused him of sexual miscond...
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 behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. >> if you stay positive, you have a shot at a --...