Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein used highly restrictive non-disclosure agreements and large cash payouts to silence victims of his alleged sexual abuse for decades, according to the latest investigative effort from The New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow.
According to the New Yorker, Weinstein paid out a $1 million settlement to Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez in 2015, after the model accused him of sexually assaulting her. In exchange, Gutierrez signed a non-disclosure agreement that prohibited her from speaking about the settlement and required her to turn over her cellphone and email passwords to attorneys to ensure she did not keep a copy of any recordings she had made of him.
The New Yorker had previously reported that Gutierrez participated in a sting operation conducted by New York police in 2015, in which the model wore a wire to a meeting with Weinstein and appeared to catch him on tape admitting he had groped her.
In Tuesday’s latest piece, Farrow reported that Weinstein hired the private intelligence firm K2 after Gutierrez went to the police, with the firm’s task being to ensure Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance did not press criminal charges against him. Weinstein also reportedly hired Italian private investigators to dig up any dirt they could find on Gutierrez, which they then shared with the prosecutors’ office. Two weeks after she had gone to the police, the D.A.’s office declined to pursue charges against Weinstein.
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