she is not somebody -- she's not a karl lagerfeld, someone who is very connected within the inner circlese's not somebody who moves in that world. really the celebrities who wear her dresses are thanks to harvey to a large degree and so her label has depended quite a bit on the power that he wields in hollywood and that power is, of course, now obliterated. >> for so long it seems like he was protected by something of a culture of silence in hollywood as well, but that dam has broken. >> it has 100% broken. you know, the casting couch goes back half a century so, of course, this has been going on for quite some time. but it only takes one person to step forward and open up those floodgates and as you said, the dam has broken and ideally there will be no turning back from this sort of revelation. >> okay, kate coyne, thanks very much. over to michael. >> thank you, george. >>> now to a parenting alert about bullying. one town passed a law saying parents can be punished and even spend time behind bars if their child miss behaves. abc's erielle reshef has the story. good morning, erielle. >>