(cheers and applause) >> i'm seth mcfarlane, the host of the oscars.to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. (laughter) >> a then i was like, good, i'm glad. i'm glad he just did that. because at that poin nobody was saying anything publicly. i feel like everybody kind ofbo knew harvey, but nobody was saying anything publicly. honestly there wasn't any reaction after that. i guess they still wanted to make movies and collect their awards and just go on their merry way. (chuckles) >> narrator: by 2015, allegations of harveyst weinn's sexual misconduct had en whispered among industry insiders for decades, but still hadn't become public. that was about to change. ♪ it started when ambra battilana gutierrez, a 22-ar-old italian model, went to the new york police. she had just had a meeting with harvey weinstein. >> the story that she told is that shortly after she came in, harvey weinstein inqred about whether her breasts were real or not, he groped her breastshe reached up her skirt and he tried to kiss her. it degenerates from her coming up there

i told my family, and then i told seth mcfarlane, he was a close friend of mine.he host of the oscars. congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. (laughter) >> and then i was like, good, i'm glad he just did that. because at that point, nobody was saying anything publicly. i feel like everybody kind of knew about harvey, but nobody was saying anything publicly. honestly there wasn't any action after that. i guess they still wanted to make movies and collect their awards and just go on their merry way. (chuckles) >> narrator: by 2015, allegations of harvey weinstein's sexual misconducter had been whisp among industry insiderfor decades, but still hadn't become public. that was about to change. ♪ itatarted when ambra battil gutierrez, a 22-year-old italian model,ent to the new york police. she had just had a meeting with harvey weinstein. >> the story that she told is thathortly after she came in ether her breasts were real ort not, he groped her breasts, he reached up her skirt and her. tried to kiss it degenerat