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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. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood, and to the extent that there is bad behav...

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With many defense motions, challenge the charges, he'll move to dismiss, he'll have a vigorous cross examination of the ladies. i've got no doubt about that. i'm 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 don't know that going in and saying basically, yes, the events happened, but, you know, it is just the hollywood casting couch and he didn't invent that, i'm not sure that's the tact i would take going in. >> michael, thank you so much for the expertise. st...

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 forward to accuse weinstein of sexual abuse. he has consistently denied any allegations of non-consen...

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 it's reciprocal to try to show that people tried to take advantage of the casting couch to better themselves in their career. that's what they're 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 go down wyatt without a fight. he has the money and resources. he puts that out there. it could b...