Keeping Harvey Weinstein’s Secrets, Part 2: Gloria Allred

<p>In Part 1 of this series, our colleagues Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey reported on Lisa Bloom, a victims’ rights attorney who used her experience representing women to defend Harvey Weinstein. In Part 2, we look at the role of Ms. Bloom’s mother, the women’s rights lawyer Gloria Allred. </p><p>Guests: Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, investigative reporters for The New York Times and the authors of “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/books/review/she-said-jodi-kantor-megan-twohey.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement</a>.” For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>“She Said” reveals <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/books/harvey-weinstein-book-kantor-twohey.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">new information about the labyrinth of secret settlements and nondisclosure agreements</a> that allowed Mr. Weinstein and other powerful men to conceal their behavior.</li><li>Ms. Allred’s law firm helped <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault-allegations.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">negotiate a confidential settlement in 2004 </a>between Mr. Weinstein and Ashley Matthau, a dancer who accused him of sexual assault.</li><li>Ms. Allred represents two women who are expected to testify against Mr. Weinstein at his trial, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-annabella-sciorra-trial-rape.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">scheduled to begin in January</a>.</li></ul>