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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr

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I think the assumption is that the NDA was signed after the rape but this may not be the case at all.. the rapist pig & his friends used intimidation to keep victims quiet.. I think they falsely told some or all of the women that their employment contract included a NDA clause... but it seems (from one of the articles I read) that some or probably all of them never got a copy of that, which would explain why McGowan thought she had signed a NDA and didnt go public about it for all those years... she only found out last summer that she hadnt signed one and so she was able to become very vocal about it.. which is why the rapist pigs friends then tried to bribe her with a $1 million offer to not name him....

Remember that these women that were raped by him are very young, inexperienced and it is pretty easy to intimidate them, especially when the assaulter holds their future career in his hands... its a David and Goliath situation, where the person that was raped has no power and the big rich studio head rapist pig has all of it.. he has done for 3 decades or so, he knows what will work to keep his victims quiet & get other people to help him as well.. which is why McGowan's manager (who sold her out) got a plum job with a company the rapist pig ran.. When you are young and your manager, lawyers and advisors (people you trust) are telling you there is nothing you can do and to forget about it, etc etc.. the women dont stand a chance against that.. But at least now he has been outed and he is being investigated by the cops in LA, NY & even in the UK.. he belongs in jail..

I don't think I can disagree with much of what you wrote, but I have to bring up (again) that in the U.S., it is "Black Letter Law" that a contract to do something illegal is null and void.

I hadn't thought about the fact that it might have been signed prior to the crimes. I grant that and I will take into account youth and inexperience (to a degree. That's not a blanket "get-out-of-jail" card) and that changes things, to a degree.

However, I would assume that a good portion of these NDAs were signed after the crime in an effort to further insulate Weinstain. I'll go further: There was talk about him having "settled" quite a few complaints. Certainly, those weren't part of the studio (or film production) contract? Those had to be after the fact, right?

All this isn't to say (again) that these people aren't victims and weren't damaged. My only point through all of this (and I'll amend it, slightly in light of this new avenue) has been:

"Anyone who signed a NDA after they were abused ... in order to get a settlement was NOT thinking about protecting others at the moment they signed that particular NDA. They were thinking about their careers or the check with all the zeros. This does NOT make them villains or negate the fact that they're victims, but to my mind, it don't make 'em 'heroes', either".

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
https://newrepublic.com/article/145606/corporations-create-culture-impunity-sexual-harassers

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
"Anyone who signed a NDA after they were abused ... in order to get a settlement was NOT thinking about protecting others at the moment they signed that particular NDA. They were thinking about their careers or the check with all the zeros. This does NOT make them villains or negate the fact that they're victims, but to my mind, it don't make 'em 'heroes', either".

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

I'm gonna kind of suck at this. Be patient.

Have you ever been on a commercial airplane? Before take off, they give you this spiel in what to do in case of emergency. "Put your own oxygen mask on first before attempting to help others."

From where I sit, a hundred grand would have bought a hell of a lot of therapy. There is no logic in trying to save others, before a person has saved, themselves.

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
https://newrepublic.com/article/145606/corporations-create-culture-impunity-sexual-harassers

I read the entire article. Obviously, I'm no lawyer (but I have a relationship with one so, maybe something's "rubbed off on me"), but I am almost positive that most contracts have wording similar to: "Any part of this contract that opposes local, state, or federal law is considered void". I know the three union contracts to which I was a party had that language (or something similar).

That said, I still contend that NDAs regarding illegal activities are null (or should be), by matter of law.



Peace,

Michael

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ORIGINAL: JVoV

This is truly sickening, takes stalking to a whole new level.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies/amp

The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.