THAT HARVEY WEINSTEIN WOULD VICTIMIZE WOMEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.

VICTIMIZE WOMEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. STAND BY, RON ALLEN OUTSIDE THIS

STAND BY, RON ALLEN OUTSIDE THIS COURTHOUSE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY

COURTHOUSE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AND, RON, YOU ARE ABLE TO

AND, RON, YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BIT OF COLOR FROM

PROVIDE A BIT OF COLOR FROM INSIDE THE COURTROOM A FEW

INSIDE THE COURTROOM A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

MOMENTS AGO. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT

WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT WENT ON INSIDE THAT COURTROOM?

WENT ON INSIDE THAT COURTROOM? >> IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL SESSION.

>> IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL SESSION. THE ENTIRE TRIAL EVEN BEFORE

THE ENTIRE TRIAL EVEN BEFORE THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY HEAVY

THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY HEAVY WITH EMOTION.

WITH EMOTION. THESE WOMEN WHO ACCUSED

THESE WOMEN WHO ACCUSED WEINSTEIN CAME FORWARD RELUCTANT

WEINSTEIN CAME FORWARD RELUCTANT RELUCTANTLY.

RELUCTANTLY. THEIR LIVES WERE TURNED INSIDE

THEIR LIVES WERE TURNED INSIDE OUT AND DURING THE SENTENCING

OUT AND DURING THE SENTENCING SESSION MIMI HALEY WAS VERY

SESSION MIMI HALEY WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND IN TEARS TALKING

EMOTIONAL AND IN TEARS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANIPULATIVE HARVEY

ABOUT HOW MANIPULATIVE HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS AND HOW IT WAS

WEINSTEIN WAS AND HOW IT WAS EXCRUCIATING FOR HER AND HOW SHE

EXCRUCIATING FOR HER AND HOW SHE FEARED RETALIATION IF SHE CAME

FEARED RETALIATION IF SHE CAME FORWARD AND REVEALED OR

FORWARD AND REVEALED OR COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT HE HAD

COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE TO HER.

DONE TO HER. JESSICA MANN TALKED ABOUT HOW

JESSICA MANN TALKED ABOUT HOW HARVEY WEINSTEIN TOOK ADVANTAGE

HARVEY WEINSTEIN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER.

OF HER. HOW FIGHTING HIM OFF WHEN HE WAS

HOW FIGHTING HIM OFF WHEN HE WAS ATTACKING HER WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

ATTACKING HER WAS NOT POSSIBLE. HOW SHE FELT DOMINATED BY HIM.

HOW SHE FELT DOMINATED BY HIM. HOW THIS WAS JUST AN UNBEARABLE

HOW THIS WAS JUST AN UNBEARABLE PAIN THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH

PAIN THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH ALL THIS TIME.

ALL THIS TIME. AND, REMEMBER, DURING THE TRIAL

AND, REMEMBER, DURING THE TRIAL THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SIX WOMEN

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SIX WOMEN WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY TELLING THE

WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY TELLING THE SAME STORY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

SAME STORY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YOU TALK ABOUT HOW, OF COURSE,

YOU TALK ABOUT HOW, OF COURSE, THE JUDGE HEARD ALL OF THIS.

THE JUDGE HEARD ALL OF THIS. AND IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE NOT

AND IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT, I WOULD

TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT, I WOULD THINK, AS JUST A HUMAN BEING.

THINK, AS JUST A HUMAN BEING. AND, OF COURSE, EVERYONE IS VERY

AND, OF COURSE, EVERYONE IS VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT IS GOING ON

MINDFUL OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM.

OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. THE METOO MOVEMENT.

THE METOO MOVEMENT. DURING THE HEARING WEINSTEIN’S

DURING THE HEARING WEINSTEIN’S DEFENSE ATTORNEYS MADE A POINT

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS MADE A POINT OF SAYING TO THE JUDGE, PLEASE,

OF SAYING TO THE JUDGE, PLEASE, JUST LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING

JUST LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.

HERE. THE SAME THING THEY SAID TO THE

THE SAME THING THEY SAID TO THE JURY.

JURY. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS THE

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS THE EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU.

EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU. PLEASE, DO NOT CONSIDER WHAT IS

PLEASE, DO NOT CONSIDER WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE.

GOING ON OUTSIDE. WINEEINSTEIN NEVER GOT A FAIR TR

WINEEINSTEIN NEVER GOT A FAIR TR AND NO WAY HE COULD POSSIBLY GET

AND NO WAY HE COULD POSSIBLY GET A FAIR TRIAL GIVEN THE METOO AND

A FAIR TRIAL GIVEN THE METOO AND ALL THE EMOTION SURROUNDING THIS

ALL THE EMOTION SURROUNDING THIS CASE.

CASE. SO, THAT’S THE BROADER CONTEXT

SO, THAT’S THE BROADER CONTEXT IN WHICH THIS SENTENCE WAS

IN WHICH THIS SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN AND THE CONVICTIONS

HANDED DOWN AND THE CONVICTIONS WERE HANDED DOWN.

WERE HANDED DOWN. AGAIN, JUST A VERY, VERY

AGAIN, JUST A VERY, VERY POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL TIME.

POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL TIME. WE HOPE NOW TO HEAR FROM THE

WE HOPE NOW TO HEAR FROM THE PROSECUTORS AS THEY COME

PROSECUTORS AS THEY COME OUTSIDE, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE

OUTSIDE, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE HEAD OF THE D.A.’S OFFICE HERE

HEAD OF THE D.A.’S OFFICE HERE SAID THIS WAS A TURNING POINT.

SAID THIS WAS A TURNING POINT. THIS WAS A SEMINOLE MOMENT IN

THIS WAS A SEMINOLE MOMENT IN THE HISTORY HE HOPED OF

THE HISTORY HE HOPED OF PROSECUTING SEX CRIMES.

PROSECUTING SEX CRIMES. OF COURSE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

OF COURSE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS.

PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS. THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT, THE ME TOO

THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT, THE ME TOO MOVEMENT NOT JUST WOMEN, OF

MOVEMENT NOT JUST WOMEN, OF COURSE, BUT MEN, AS WELL.

COURSE, BUT MEN, AS WELL. ARE LOOKING TO THIS CASE TO

ARE LOOKING TO THIS CASE TO REALLY SEND A MESSAGE THAT

REALLY SEND A MESSAGE THAT WOMEN’S VOICES, VICTIM’S VOICES

WOMEN’S VOICES, VICTIM’S VOICES WILL BE HEARD AND WILL BE

WILL BE HEARD AND WILL BE BELIEVED IN COURTROOMS.

BELIEVED IN COURTROOMS. THAT’S THE HOPE THAT SO MANY