It is going to take another couple of checks, but then he will be free and able to say that everyone lied.

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The disgraced producer is really close to making those pesky criminal charges go away too.

It is going to take another couple of checks, but then he will be free and able to say that everyone lied.

Scum.

Harvey Weinstein

Weinstein’s Accusers Near a $25 Million Settlement. He Pays the Victims Zero.

Katherine Kendall, a 50-year-old actress, accused Harvey Weinstein of luring her, in 1993, to what she thought would be a work discussion and then chasing her around his New York apartment while he was nude.

Now she is one of dozens of alleged sexual misconduct victims who, after two years of legal wrangling, were nearing a tentative $25 million settlement this week with the disgraced Hollywood producer.

The deal would not require that he admit any wrongdoing or pay anything himself to the more than 30 victims — actresses and former Weinstein employees in the U.S., Canada, Britain and Ireland — who have accused him of offenses ranging from sexual harassment to rape.

And while many of them were disappointed with the end result, a lawyer representing one plaintiff said that holding out for more favorable terms might have left the alleged victims completely empty-handed.

Kendall said she agreed to the terms of the deal partly because she didn’t want to block fellow plaintiffs from getting whatever recompense they could. “I don’t love it,” she said. “But I don’t know how to go after him.”

I caught up with Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor — the New York Times journalists who broke the Weinstein story in 2017 and authors of “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement” (Read it!) — to take a closer look at the settlement and discuss what comes next.

A $25 million payout shared between dozens of victims doesn’t sound like a lot. Why do they get so little?

Jodi: What’s the right recompense for these kinds of allegations? It’s a hard question. Consider that a single one of [former Fox News host] Bill O’Reilly’s accusers was paid $32 million, while in this tentative civil settlement, dozens or more of Weinstein’s accusers will split the $25 million.

And a sizable chunk of that will flow into the pockets of the attorneys who represented the plaintiffs.

Megan: At one point, Weinstein’s accusers were told they would receive as much as $90 million but that amount kept shrinking once Weinstein’s companvy filed for bankruptcy, forcing the women to get in line with the company’s creditors, and Weinstein has claimed that he was on the verge of filing for personal bankruptcy.

Will any of this money come from Weinstein’s pocket?

Megan: Under this agreement, Weinstein and the board members of his bankrupt company are not required to pay any money to his alleged victims. All of the money for the settlement is coming from The Weinstein Company insurance policies. The insurance companies are also covering a portion of the legal costs for Weinstein and the board members.

Some people have been shocked and dismayed that insurance companies are paying for Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment and abuse — but this is the way insurance policies work. In fact, some specifically cover sexual harassment.- Source