he returned in nothing but a robe we the front open and he was buck naked. >> i said no a million times. >> he was in the bathtub. he attempted to convince me to get naked. >> tonight we're going inside the scandal that has rocked hollywood. a growing chorus of women speaking out with harrowing allegations of sexual harassment. some even claiming rape. by one of the most powerful men in hollywood. harvey weinstein. these are just a few of the women who have come forward in recent days. among them, three oscar winning actresses. angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow and mirra sorvino. the story of one woman as they investigated her serious

allegations of groping. >> if you want to leave -- >> why yesterday you touch my breast? >> oh, please. i'm sorry. just come in. i'm used to that. >> and you're about to hear from the report here obtained the secret audio. >> this was something that over and over again i was told was an open secret. >> as hollywood reacts to the latest bombshell allegations. was there a culture of complicity? why were charges never brought against weinstein? >> this special edition of "nightline," hollywood in scandal, the women speak. we'll be right back.

"nightline." hollywood in scandal. the women speak. >> then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> he just kept asking me to watch him masturbate. >> i said no a million times. >> my heart was racing and i was very scared. >> the wall of silence officially collapsing. today new allegations of sexual assault. angelina jolie and ginlth paltrow. >> at a certain point you have enough witnesses that it becomes very difficult to deny. >> paltrow once considered the first lady of miramax, winning

an oscar for shakespeare in love. >> i would like to thank harvey weinstein and everybody at miramax films. >> paltrow talked about what happened when she was 22, freshly cast in the lead in emma, asked to take a meeting with weinstein. it ended with mr. weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bed rule for ma sandals, she said. i was a kid. i was signed up. i was petrified. paltrow said she refused his advances and confided in her then boyfriend, brad pitt. saying pitt confronted him at a movie premier telling him his behavior was unacceptable and to never touch paltrow again. there had been off color jokes like this one from the 2013 oscar nominations. >> congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to be attracted to harvey weinstein. >> and women allegedly paid to stay quiet after decades of anonymous rumors, the dam burst.

>> even what had come out was not survivable in terms of of a career. but now was a question, will there be a criminal action? >> the new yorker releasing its ten-month investigation which includes an audio recording of an encounter between gutierrez and weinstein. >> what do we have to do here? >> nothing. i'm going to take a shower. you sit there and have a drink. >> it comes from a police sting operation after gutierrez, a one-time finalist for miss italy, accused weinstein of groping her. >> can't i stay on the bar? >> no. you must come here now. >> no. i don't want to. >> i'm not doing anything with you. >> gutierrez secretly recorded their encounter at the tribecca grand hotel. >> if you want to leave when the guy comes with my jacket -- >> i'm used to that. come in. >> you're used to that? >> i'm not used to that.

>> i won't do it again. sit here. >> the new york contributor obtained the recording. >> the number of times had woman says she is uncomfortable, she wants to leave is upsetting to listen to. >> and she says flat out no repeatedly. >> she says flat out no repeatedly. he he says it took place and describes it as something he is used to. >> weinstein then appeared to end the conversation. >> but yesterday it was too much. >> i will never do another thing to you. five minutes. don't ruin your friendship with me for five minutes. >> i know but it's kind of like, too much for me. i can't. >> please, you're making a big scene. >> the nypd confirmed the authenticity of it. the case was never prosecuted. the d.a.'s office saying the audio was insufficient to prove a crime under new york law. according to the new yorker, she took a payment from weinstein and signed a nondisclosure agreement including a sworn

statement that the acts he admits to in her recording never happened. >> this is an area of law that surprises a lot of people. that you can, with the right sum, buy silence in this way. >> he also interviewed the italian actress famous for her role in the action film, triple x. she told farrow she was just 21 when a producer brought her to the hotel room where he changed into a bathrobe. she said after she reluctantly agreed to give him a massage, he pulled her skirt up, forced her legs apart and performed oral sex on her as she repeatedly told him to stop. weinstein terrified me and he was so big. it wouldn't stop. it was a nightmare. she said not fighting back prompted a lot of guilt. >> she very bravely describes, she alleges to be a rape in this story, said i am shaking just talking about this. and really broke down in a very difficult way.

>> the weinstein spokesman responded to the new yorker saying any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied. she said he pursued her for months and she eventually had a consensual relationship with him. >> the quote i remember is after the rape i felt trapped. >> this is such an important point. she said they developed something that looked like a friendship. she dined with him and he introduced her to his mother. she said she was terrified of him. and that because of that initial, again, she alleges rape, he had a power over her. >> why won't you tell me about it. >> you're interested? >> of course i am. >> she would go on to write and direct the film scar let diva in 2007 where a character, a heavy set movie producer, corners a woman, asks her for a massage. >> just a little massage to make me relax. >> and tries to assault her.

it is a scene she said she lived in real life. she is one of three we will in the new yorker who accuse weinstein into forcing them into sex abts, or rape. >> tell me about that pattern of behavior that seemed to come out not just with the employees but the women you spoke to. >> the similarity between the stories were uncanny. a lot of use of showers, a lot of exposing himself. in three of the cases, allegations of rape. >> it is an m.o. that seemingly little changed over time. new accusers coming forward with familiar stories. >> and he goes to the bathroom or something and he, then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> katherine kendall's experience allegedly happened. >> he was going back and forth and he said if you won't let me give you a massage, or you give me a massage, or let me do this or that, then at least just pick

up your shirt and let me see your breasts. >> he returned in nothing but a robe with the front open and he was buck naked. >> the former actress outlined details of her own encounter from 2008. >> he led me to list bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate. i pulled my arm away finally and headed to the door. he started following me he and telling me that i could get a free picture deal and he would green light my script. but i had to watch him masturbate. >> some accusers say walking away came at a high price. this actress said after turning down the alleged sexual advances, her career suffered. oscar winner mira sorvino said she felt similarly after she turned him down twice in 1995. once at a hotel and once at her apartment. sorvino talking to ktla. >> it is a travesty that this sort of behavior is normalized and accepted for decades in this

industry. >> weinstein was fired over the weekend. we now know this scandal has cost harvey weinstein more than his job. late tonight we learned it cost him his marriage. georgina channelman saying her heart breaks for all the women who suffered tremendous pain because of his action. >> it's tragic that this story didn't come out sooner. of course, who knows how many women have been traumatized and attacked. >> i've seen him a few times, yeah. and it is always awful. i would want to say, you know, you owe me an apology. ...travel at the speed of light... ...and command the currents. they don't need another way to get around. or do they? [ engine revving ]

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most bankable stars who once lavished harvey weinstein with praise, merle streep's golden globe -- >> and god, harvey weinstein -- >> to jennifer lawrence's golden globe. >> harvey, thank you for killing whoever you had to kill to get me up here today. >> now coming out in a chorus of condemnation. street telling the "huffington post" the news about weinstein is disgraceful. lauren saying to variety, this kind of abuse is inexcusable and absolutely upsetting. among the few men joining in, mega star george clooney who had his big screen break from dusk on dawn from weinstein. he is now calling the behavior indefensible to the daily beast. these voices finally piercing through what many have alleged is a long held culture of

bullying women into silence. >> you know, it was complicated for each woman in this story and sometimes it took months and months for them to decide to go on the record. >> during a ten-month meticulous investigation, he found that women had been hiding in the shadows tooflt fearful to tell their stories of intimidation, abuse, even rape. >> this is the hardest topic in the world for anyone to talk about. it is the last thing any of these women want to open up against. >> toby ann roberts said she knows all too well what this feels like. she was a 20-year-old college student, an aspiring actress in 1994, when she said harvey weinstein propositioned her. >> it is the kind of moment that is petrifying. he was in the bathtub and he attempted to convince me he to get naked. and i didn't.

and i ended up looking back, i can't believe this, i apologized. >> you blamed yourself. >> i thought that i really thought that was kind of my fault. that i was prudish or i was scared. >> she said she quit her dream of becoming an actress and now teaches the psychology of sexual object at thisification. >> i don't want anything from harvey weinstein but i want other women to know there are people who cared that this happened to they will. it happened to have happened to me, too. i'm going to start to cry now. i want to honor this tiny whisper that said to me, get out. and i listened. what i am also is ashamed of the fact that i had been so ashamed. >> why are so many women so scared into silence? >> the power difference. >> he said it is stories like these of alleged intimidation that are so familiar. >> there's no on the record comment in which he says i never

retaliated against anyone. but woman after woman told me, i lost a part in a movie. there was a culture of fearful. >> he said that culture of fear and silence was perpetuated not just by weinstein. that it was said to be well known and enabled by the circle of his company. >> i was told over and over again that it was an open secret. >> according to nondisclosure agreements with the help of associates, he used monetary payoffs and threats. but the systematic misconduct is alleged to have gone further than just shutting down stories. you talk about this honey pot arrangement where employees are used to entice women. >> again and again, the employees described a pattern of meetings in which they said young, in their words, vulnerable women, often foreign women, aspiring models and actresses were asked in for what

is called a hollywood general meeting. and then they would be moved to hotel rooms and move to something else. >> and reporting to h.r. was often ineffectual. >> you talk about how the h.r. loop went back to harvey in this company. >> that's fairly common at small companies. that's not necessarily damming. but multiple women talked about how they felt there was no purpose in going to the hr office and they knew if they did, they might be retaliated against. >> legally, if the alleged abuse is proven, whether or not these women will receive justice will depend on when the abuse took place. >> the toughest issue for any woman coming forward now will be the statute of limitations. civil or criminal. there is a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit or even for the government to prosecute someone criminal. >> if the weinstein company is found to be at fault, questions remain as to what the legal repercussions will be, if any.

tonight the weinstein company releasing a new statement expressing shock and dismay at the allegations of extreme sexual misconduct by weinstein saying these alleged actions are antithetical to human decency. these allegations come as an utter surprise to the board. any suggestion that the the board had knowledge of this conduct is false. but for women like her, they say this moment represents a are change that gives her hopeful. >> once somebody has the courage to step forward, others come forward too, because they finally see. there's an audience who cares. >> there are a lot of powerful women coming out against harvey weinstein. >> we're obsessed with hollywood and the media. to have these amazing actresses who are so much in the public eye say something that forceful to me is just the greatest thing i've heard in a long time. if i can be any help in joining the chorus, i'll proud to be

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