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The new report details Harvey Weinstein's pervasive use of lifetime nondisclosure agreements, as signed by Filipina-Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez and former assistant Zelda Perkins.

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00:00When the many allegations of sexual harassment, assault and rape against Harvey

00:03Weinstein came to the public's attention last month, the mogul's brother,

00:06Bob Weinstein, said he was unaware of Harvey's harmful behavior.

00:24However, a new expose from The New Yorker by Ronan Farrow points out that some of

00:27the payments underwriting Harvey Weinstein's settlements with accusers came from Bob's

00:31personal bank account in order to hide the move from Miramax, Disney and Harvey's wife

00:36Georgina Chapman. One example? A 1990s case involving Harvey's former assistant

00:41Zelda Perkins saw Bob pay £250,000 to be split between two female employees in England

00:47who accused Harvey of sexual harassment and assault.

00:49Bob Weinstein acknowledged the personal payout to The New Yorker but said he was

00:53misled about how the money was being handled.

00:55Regarding that payment, I only know what Harvey told me and basically what he said was

00:59he was fooling around with two women and they were asking for money, he explained.

01:04And he didn't want his wife to find out, so he asked me if I could write a check,

01:07and so I did, but there was nothing to indicate any kind of sexual harassment.

01:12The report outlines Harvey Weinstein's pervasive use of lifetime non-disclosure agreements

01:16as detailed with Filipina-Italian model Ambra Bataliana Gutierrez and former assistant Perkins.

01:22Both spoke to Farrow in violation of their NDAs and noted how they felt pressured by lawyers

01:27on both sides to sign their settlements after hopes for criminal justice were dimmed.

01:31The story also shows how the use of such agreements perpetuates the behavior of repeat offenders

01:35while silenced victims are left to suffer. For example, Rose McGowan, who has publicly claimed

01:40that Weinstein raped her in 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival, reached a $100,000 settlement

01:45with Weinstein. It did not include a non-disclosure provision, but removed her right to sue Weinstein.

01:50She told The New Yorker that though she wanted to pursue charges at the time,

01:54her lawyer instead convinced her to sign the agreement.

01:56That was very painful, she said. I thought $100,000 was a lot of money at the time

02:01because I was just a kid.

02:03Farrow's expose additionally details the participation of Erwin Reiter, a longtime employee of Weinstein's,

02:08who said he spoke out to combat the company's culture of silence.

02:11Weinstein was so dominant that I think a lot of people were afraid of him, afraid to confront him

02:15or question him, and that was the environment, he said.

02:18A forever NDA should not be legal. People should not be made to live with that.

02:22He's created so many victims that have been burdened for so many years, and it's just not right.

02:27To read more on this story as it develops, head to THR.com.

02:30For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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