zelda perkins ended up signing a non disclosure agreement worth £125,000.ht her silence. she told me why she decided to break it now. and what working for him was like. listen, harvey now everyone sees is this sort of repulsive monster. which he was and is, on one hand. but i think what is interesting and what isn't maybe brought forward is that he was also an extremely exciting, brilliant, you know, stimulating person to be around. he was at the top of his game at that time. he held all the cards. everybody came to him. and i'm notjust talking about people in the entertainment industry. i'm talking about people in politics and in, you know, big business and industry. and so to be in the enclave of somebody that powerful, you know, was very exciting. he was also very unpleasant to be around. but he was a master manipulator and you know, his moods changed very quickly and you never knew whether you were, you know, his confidant or whether you were going to be screamed at. so it was a very highly adrenalised environment. when did you first notice that he had

zelda perkins went on to sign a nondisclosure agreement and received £125,000 in payments.r britain to follow the example of a number of us states and end the practice of allowing sexual assaults to be hidden behind nondisclosure agreements. a spokesperson for harvey weinstein says he unequivocally denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. colin paterson. and just to reiterate: in response to these allegations, a lawyer for harvey weinstein says he categorically denies engaging in any non— consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. at least twelve tourists have died in a bus crash in the mexican state of quintana roo. they were travelling to visit a mayan ruin when the bus overturned. 0ur mexico correspondent, will grant reports. the group on the bus was comprised of passengers from the united states, italy, sweden and brazil as well as driver and two ago from mexico. they had arrived on—board cruise ship and this, a visit to the beautiful mayan ruins, was meant to beautiful mayan ruins, was meant to beautiful mayan ruins, was meant to be a pleasurable day tri

zelda perkins signed a nondisclosure agreement, she received a sum of £125,000.lls for britain to follow the example of a number of us states and end the practice of allowing sexual assaults to be hidden behind nondisclosure agreements. a spokesperson for harvey weinstein says he unequivocally denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. colin paterson. and just to reiterate: in response to these allegations, a lawyer for harvey weinstein says he categorically denies engaging in any non— consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: we'll have all the latest sport — including another win for manchester city — this time in the english league cup. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished, because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leader

zelda perkins signed a nondisclosure agreement, she received a sum of £125,000.e calls for britain to follow the example of a number of us states and end the practice of allowing sexual assaults to be hidden behind nondisclosure agreements. a spokesperson for harvey weinstein says he unequivocally denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. colin paterson. and just to reiterate, in response to these allegations, a lawyer for harvey weinstein says he categorically denies engaging in any non—consensual conduct or threatening behaviour. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the defeated candidate in presidential elections in honduras, salvador nasralla, has accepted an invitation for talks with the president, juan 0rlando hernandez. mr nasralla has accused his rival of rigging the bitterly disputed elections. at least 14 people have been killed in street protests since last month's vote. the team investigating the amtrak crash in seattle said the brakes we re crash in seattle said the brakes were automatically assigned. the cause of the a

zelda perkins went on to sign a nondisclosure agreement and received £125,000 in payments.e example of a number of us states and end the practice of allowing sexual assaults to be hidden behind nondisclosure agreements. a spokesperson for harvey weinstein says he unequivocally denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. a long version of that interview will be available on the bbc news website later today. colin paterson. in response to these allegations, a lawyer for harvey weinstein says he categorically denies engaging in any non—consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. to myanmar now and the army says it has identified a mass grave on the edge of a village in rakhine state. the village is 48 kilometres north of state capital sittwe. the army did not say how many bodies were uncovered. 650,000 rohingya muslims have fled an offensive by the military, which the un accuses of ethnic cleansing. also in myanmar, the wife of one of two reuters journalists arrested in the country last week has spoken to the bbc, saying she hopes he will be released but that she's

in september 1998, his personal assistant in the u.k., zelda perkins, then 24, quit.speaking to "newsnight," she explained she endured a number of years of sexual harassment, but then came the final straw. reporter: it came to a head for you when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape on your colleague? >> yes, we were at the venice film festival, and he tried to rape her. reporter: what did you do? >> she was extremely distressed. she was shaking, very distressed, clearly in shock. didn't want anybody to know. was absolutely terrified of the consequences, what would happen. i spoke with her and tried to calm her for half an hour, and then i went straight downstairs to where harvey was having a business meeting. i told him he needed to come with me right away. for me to have broken into a meeting like that was very unusual, and he did not question me. he got up and came with me straight away, because he knew why i was angry. reporter: so you accused him of attempted rape? >> yes. reporter: and he denied it? >> yes. he said nothing at all had happened, and he swore on h

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zelda perkins, thank you. thank you. zelda perkins. to her allegations, harvey weinstein's lawyers issued the following statement: "mr weinstein categorically denies engaging in any non—consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour." the walt disney company has not replied. miramax had no comment. the lawyers representing zelda perkins at the time that the non disclosure agreement was signed said it was inappropriate for them to comment, given the terms of the nda. geoffrey robertson is one of britain's best known barristers who writes on media law and free speech — he's familiar with the case. you have watched that interview. what would you say to people listening to say enormous sympathy for what she has been through but why would she have taken the money? she's courageous in speaking up because she has been led to think that she will suffer from the disney company, from miramax, from the lawyers of harvey weinstein. but in fact i would say she achieved a great deal. harvey weinstein was not able to be prosecuted for the simple

in september, his personal assistance in the uk, zelda perkins who was 2a, quit.ars of sexual harassment and then came the final straw. number of years of sexual harassment and then came the final strawm came toa and then came the final strawm came to a head to you when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape oi'i sexually assaulted, attempted rape on your colleague? yes, we were at the venice film festival and he tried to rape her. and what did you do? she was extremely distressed. she was shaking, very distressed, it clearly in shock. did not want anybody to know, was absolutely terrified of the consequences, what would happen and... i spoke with her and tried to calm her for about half and tried to calm her for about half an hourand then and tried to calm her for about half an hour and then i went straight downstairs to wear harvey was having a business meeting on the terrace and told me he needed to come with me right away. the me to have broken into a meeting like that was very unusual and he did not question me and got up and came with me straightaway because

and on newsnight: an interview with zelda perkins, a broadcast world exclusive, with the woman who tried to bring harvey weinstein tojustice.

in september 1998 his personal assistant in the uk, zelda perkins, quit.ual harassment but then came the final straw. it came to a head when he sexually assaulted, attempted rate? yes, we were at the venice film festival and he tried to rate her. what did you do —— tried to rate her. she was distressed. she was terrified of the consequence. i tried to calm her for about half an hour. then i went straight down steers to where harvey weinstein was having a business meeting on the terrace and told him he needed to come with me right away. for me to have broken into a meeting like that was unusual and he did not question me, he came with me straightaway because he knew why i was angry. so you accused him ? because he knew why i was angry. so you accused him? yes. he denied it? yes. he said nothing had happened and he swore on the life of his wife and he swore on the life of his wife and children which was his get out ofjail card. they were hoping to reveal his behaviour to disney who owned his company but their lawyer said that was not a realistic option, the

zelda perkins tried to bring harvey weinstein to justice two long decades ago. we hear her story on camera for the first time. join me now on bbc two. that's newsnight with emily. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a good night. welcome to sports day. this is coming up tonight. a late leicester penalty takes the league cup quarterfinal tie with manchester city into extra time, before manchester city win it on penalties. arsenal reach the semifinals as they beat west ham 1—0. and the former wimbledon champion returning to the court four years after retiring. hello and welcome. the premier league leaders, unbeaten domestically all season, looked certain for a place in the semi finals of the league cup. but with minutes of normal time remaining, a late jamie vardy penalty for leicester city took their league cup quarter final tie into extra time. a match settled on penalties. tim hague was watching. no one can get near manchester city and england this season, but with nine changes and fresh faces, could leicester in the league cup? well, th

. >> reporter: zelda perkins tell us the bbc she finally quit her job after hat she called a horrifyingent with him in 1998. >> it came to head for you hen he sexually assaulted or attempted rape on your colleague? >> yes. we were at the venice film festival. and, he -- he tried to rape her. the lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have many options. because we hadn't gone to the police when we were in venice. we had no physical evidence. and ultimately, under 25-year-old women's words against harvey weinstein. >> reporter: she says she settled the case for about $168,000. and another weinstein twist. oscar winning actress meryl streep has become the target of street assist who is have been putting up these posters around los angeles. they show an image of streep and weinstein and sarks she knew. they appeared shortly after she said she didn't have any knowledge of weinstein's behavior. she was defending herself after rose mcgou way implied that streep was aware of the behavior. meanwhile, mcgowan just moderated a panel on sexual harassment. >> my beef is really with all the people

zelda perkins said she wanted to go public years ago but was bound by a nondisclose your agreement andllowed to keep a copy of it. she feels if she would have broken it sooner other people would have been spared. zelda perkins told the to emmy completely in shock. >> was absolutely terrified of the consequences of what would happen. dj meeting. he came out right away because he knew why i was asn2 as as i was. >> and you accused him. >> yes. and he said he did nothing at all and he swore on the life of his wife and his best "get out ofjail" card he or you know help us with the proceedings. >> the walt disney company who owned miramax at the time did not reply. she signed a nondisclosure agreement in 1998 which perkins says she now >> reporter:n university of california san diego rngs he's not how good aq, y are, but how bad a driver you may become high on pot. >> move to the far right lane the freewayit. >> so the ideaqy. is a y sompohing their estimation, that's one of the areas that are with a reashó=challenges like deciding whethersafm drive through ag2ealle not impaired. >> reporte

zelda perkins worked at miramax in the 1990s. harvey weinstein tried to attack her during a festival and she pulled weinstein out of a meeting to confront him about it. >> he did not question me. he got straight away because he knew i was -- why i was angry. and as serious as i was. >> so you accused him of attempted rape. >> yes. yes. >> and he denied it. >> yes. he said nothing torrid happened. and he swore on the life of his wife and children. that was his best get out of jail card that he used a lot. >> perkins says when she complained to the female supervisor at miramax, she was advised to hire a lawyer. disney who owned the company at the time has not commented. perkins resigned and received a $200,000. perkins also signed a nondisclosure agreement which she now regrets. >>> eminem lasting president trump. he started making waves in october when he ripped into the president with a freestyle rap. now he is telling new york magazine i'm trying to get a message out there about him. i best it can be. it won't be that with him i

well, this is zelda perkins' story. colleague of harvey weinstein — and has spoken to emily maitlis. it came to a head when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape on your colleague? yes, we were at the venice film festival and he tried to rape her. what did you do? what because he knew why i was angry. and so serious. so you accused him of attempted rape? yes. he denied it? yes. he said nothing at all had happened and he swore on the life of his wife and children, which was his get out ofjail card. he used that quite a lot. here's the bbc‘s entertainment correspondent colin paterson with more on this story. women??? 15; the—women, saidthiswas—neba ancl ,, only if agreement. to the 77 77a therapy ri:%f,%: to. at miramax and therapy for harvey weinstein. this was not known if these stipulations were carried out. zelda perkins signed a nondisclosure agreement and received £125,000 in payments. in interview, she calls for britain to follow the example of a number us states and end the practice of allowing sexual assaults to

last night, zelda perkins says she was silenced after weinstein raped her co-worker, something weinstein denied. >> there were a couple of occasions where i made attempts to however, almost impossible for me, because one of the clauses of the agreement disallows me to have a copy of it. >> why? >> because it's a smoking gun. >> perkins says that the 1998 agreement included mandatory counseling for weinstein and hr policy on sexual harassment for the company and a condition that weinstein would be removed from the company if there were any similar claims. perkins now risks having to pay back that money she received, because she says quote, unless somebody does, there won't be a debate about how egregious these agreements are. >>> meryl streep now fighting back against criticism on the scandal. >> she was called a hypocrite. check it out. >> reporter: actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on mcgowan, the actress and activist who accused harvey weinstein of raping her wrote in a now-deleted tweet that streep had happily worked for the pig monster. she

zelda perkins claims weinstein tried to rape her colleague in 1998 at the venice film festival. she and her colleague left miramax after lawyers made it clear that taking on weinstein would be a challenge. >> the lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have very many options. we hasn't because we hadn't gone to the police when we were in venice. we had no physical evidence and ultimately it would be two under 25-year-old women's words against harvey weinstein. >> perkins says more than $150,000 as part of a n nondisclosure agreement and in return he would agree to go to therapy. perkins says she doesn't know if he ever went and an attorney says weinstein denies any nonconsensual conduct or threatening behavior. >>> a tv host is walking away if her job to protest a massive disparity in pay with her male co-host jason kennedy. catt sadler of "e! news" said they had the same level but he was paid twice as much. she wrote, how can i operate with integrity and stay on at e! if they're not willing to pay me the same as him or at least come close. in response, e! released a statement

zelda perkins claims weinstein tried to rape her colleague in 1998 at the venice film festival. she and her colleague left miramax after lawyers made it clear that taking on weinstein would be a challenge. >> the lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have very many options. we hadn't because we hadn't gone to the police when we were in venice. we had no physical evidence, and ultimately it would be two under 25-year-old women's words against harvey weinstein and miramax film corporation. >> perkins says miramax paid her more than $150,000 as part of a nondisclosure agreement, and in return weinstein would agree to go to therapy. but perkins says she doesn't know if he ever actually went. an attorney says weinstein denies any nonconsensual conduct or threatening behavior. >> a longtime cable tv host is walking away from her job to protest what she calls a massive disparity in pay with her male co-host jason kennedy. catt sadler of e! news says the two had the same level of experience at the network, but he was paid twice as much. in a blog post she wrote, how can i operate wi

zelda perkins told the bbc's emmy maitlis she was completely the consequences of what would happen. >e attacked her during a 1992 film festival. she pulled him out of a meeting to confront him. he did not question me when i called him out of a meeting. he came out right away because he knew why i was as angry and as serious as i was. >> and you accused him. >> yes. and he said he did nothing at all and he swore on the life of his wife and his children which was his best "get out of jail" card he used a lot. she was advised to hire a lawyer. >> i naively believed if we went to disney, they would be horrified and would fire harvey or, you know, help proceedings. >> the walt disney company who owned miramax at the time did not reply. she signed a nondisclosure agreement in 1998 which perkins says she now regrets. >> he put an enormous amount of energy into humiliating men and an enormous amount of energy in getting women to submit. >> weinstein's lawyer released the statement. quote, mr. weinstein cat gore eckly denies in engaging in any nonconsensual conduct or alleged threatening behav

zelda perkins says she felt p s pressured to quit after confronting weinstein over the accusations.n what else perkins says that she had to do after being held accountable by harry weinstein. >> she said that she wanted to go public, but she was not allowed to because of a nondisclo nondisclosure agreement, and if she had broken it earlier, other women could have been spared. >> reporter: zelda perkins says she tried to comfort harvey weinstein's alleged rape victim. >> she didn't want anybody to know and was terrified of the consequences of what would happen. >> reporter: she alleges that weinstein attacked a co-worker in the venice film festival, and perkins says that she later pulled him out of the meeting to confront him. >> and to break him out of a meeting like that is not unusual, and he did not question me, but he came to me straight away, because he knew that i was angry and serious as i was. >> so you accused him of attempted rape? >> yes. >> he denied it? >> yes, he said that nothing at all happened, and he swore on the life of his wife and children which is the best get

. >> reporter: two did decades ago zelda perkins signed a n nondisclosure statement but now despite thathe calls him a master manipulator with massive mood swings and says with harvey there was no such word as no. harvey weinstein's former assistant is now speaking up and fighting back against a confidentiality agreement she says was meant to silence her 19 years ago. >> it was much more traumatic than i realized at the time because the freedom of being able to speak and being validated and being able to now see that i wasn't mad. >> reporter: zelda perkins tells bbc newsnight she endured harassment at the hands of weinstein for years but finally left her job at miramax after confronting him after she says he attempted to rape her >> he swore on the life of his wife and children which was his best get out of jail card that he did not. >> reporter: he never threatened her physically but emotionally and psychologically but perkins then 23 years old claim she signed a nondisclosure agreement preventing her from speaking out publicly go it in exchange for certain concessions. >> he had to at

i'm thinking now about the case of zelda perkins who worked for mar vee wi harvey weinstein. should it be a crime to offer money to employees to silence th them? >> if you look at this issue, various layers of this, in relation to gagging clauses that try to prevent workers from whistle blowing, disclosing wrongdoing in a workplace to the relevant authority, potentially the police but also for example mps in the public interest, those are not legally enforceable. now, there are occasions where somebody company for an employer where there will be a settlement agreement that contained a confidentiality agreement, that could be resolving a workplace dispute or ending a relationship without going through the employment tribunal, but those confidentiality clauses should go no further than necessary to protect matters such as client confidentiality and interests. there are protections on that employment rights act of 1996, makes settlement agreements unenforceable unless they had had advice in public and private sectors. statutory code and guidance on settlements that make clear th

last night, zelda perkins told the bbc that shes was silenced after weinstein raped her coworker, somethingwine sateen's company paid her more than $150,000 as part of a nondisclosure agreement, a system perkins says needs to change. >> there were a couple of occasions where i made attempts to circumnavigate my agreement. however, it's almost impossible for me because one of the clauses of the agreement disallows me to have a copy of it. >> why? >> because it's a smoking gun. >> perkins says that the 1998 agreement included mandatory counseling for weinstein and hr policy on sexual harassment for the company and the condition that weinstein would be removed from the company if there were any similar claims. perkins now risks having to pay back that money she received, because she says, quote, unless somebody does, there won't be a debate about how ario de janeirous these agreements are. >>> meryl streep now fighting back against criticism on the scandal. >> that's right. actress rose mcgowan is calling her a hypocrite for promising to silently silently protest weinstein during the awards se