Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 269 Sexual Assault Scandal
Tang De naturally had to be prepared for both situations. If Davis failed to find the victim of Harvey's sexual harassment, then he would have to rely on Liz's recording to prove Harvey's crime.

But this is not appropriate, because Harvey was beaten, and was beaten very badly. As long as he plays the victim in front of the American people, maybe public opinion will forgive him then.

And Harvey has his people in the New York court, and they will defend Harvey.

So Tang De naturally hopes to take a two-pronged approach, with Davis and Liz both producing hard evidence as evidence for each other, and then reporting Harvey together to put this guy in jail.

As for why I want to kill him so badly...

Because Harvey's Weinstein Company has snatched away many Oscar judges who were well-represented by Bernay Company, the movie "The King's Speech", for which he was responsible for the public relations this year, has already locked in many awards in advance, and even the movies under Norton Eye cannot compete with it.

All I can say is that Harvey's connections in Hollywood are indeed extraordinary, so it would be best if this stumbling block could be removed as soon as possible.

Just three days after Liz was discharged from the hospital, Harvey's lawyer went to Liz's home again, but unfortunately they still failed to reach an agreement.

Harvey's men had no choice but to leave.

However, Liz is already a little worried about her personal safety. After all, it is completely unpredictable what Harvey and his gang will do. Maybe they think Liz is just bluffing and want her to disappear.

Fortunately, Tang De also took into account the possibility that Harvey might do something desperate, so he directly helped Liz leave New York, intending to keep her communication with Harvey completely online in the future.

But before any communication could be made, a group of police raided Liz's villa on the night she left New York.

"open the door!"

After breaking down the door, the police rushed into the house with guns, trying to control Liz, but they came up empty-handed.

Realizing that Liz had gotten away with it, Harvey flew into a rage and threw things around the office.

But the person was not in New York, and he had no choice but to ask someone to look for him.

The whole incident made him feel like a cow being led by the nose. It was a very uncomfortable feeling, but there was nothing he could do.

He felt that there must be someone behind this, so he began to use his connections to investigate.

Unfortunately, Tang De hid too well, and he couldn't find any relevant information at all, but this didn't mean that he didn't suspect Tang De. After all, the conflict between Bernay Company and Weinstein during the awards season had always existed.

At the same time, Tang De also received a call from Davis.

"He has found Ambola." In the office, Tang De hung up the phone with a smile and said to Youfei.

"Really? I didn't expect him to be so reliable." Although Youfei had never seen Davis, she had read this guy's information. She didn't expect this black boy to be so fast.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Tang De knocked on the table. "Fortunately, Ambola did not hide her real name. She is still working as a model in the Philippines. So when Davis joined the industry, he quickly asked for Ambola's name."

"He's a model?" Youfei was a little surprised.

"Haha, for a black person, Davis's conditions are pretty good. Wait, Davis has already contacted Ambola, maybe we will be able to talk to Miss Ambola in person soon."

As Donde said, Ambola and Davis soon met in the apartment.

"You found me through Abu Moni? What do you want to do?" Although Ambola didn't know what the black man in front of her was going to do, she felt vaguely uneasy.

Davis looked at Ambora's wary boyfriend and shrugged, "Don't worry, I'm not looking for you. I'm not interested in you. Someone asked me to come and tell you something."

"What?" Ambola asked.

Davis answered truthfully: "Now is the best time to help you get justice. The person who persecuted you will soon face various criminal charges."

"What?" Ambola stood up in surprise: "What are you talking about!"

"Harvey, you know." Davis didn't say much.

Ambola's eyes widened, and she looked at him in disbelief: "Are you Harvey's man?"

"Don't get me wrong... understand me, we want to kill Harvey's people." Davis explained patiently. If it were in New York, he would have pointed a gun at the woman and asked her to hand over the evidence.

But this is the Philippines, and the success of this matter is related to his future, so he must be cautious and restrained.

In the years after his brother's death, this reckless black boy finally learned to control his temper.

"Okay, okay, I get it, honey...can you, go out for a while?" Ambola seemed to recall the unbearable situation at the time and hurriedly asked her boyfriend to leave the room.

The boyfriend looked confused and looked at Ambora and Davis, wondering what the name Harvey meant.

But out of respect, he left the room.

"So what's going on?" Ambola asked the question in her mind.

Davis explained: "We discovered Harvey's crimes, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and we needed evidence to bring down this disgusting old man."

"You can't do it." Ambola said bluntly: "He has people in the New York police and courts, and the media is also manipulated by him. You can't do anything to him."

"Haha." Davis smiled: "Do you think we are ordinary people? Rivals? Do you understand, beautiful lady, opponents are equal."

Ambola's heart skipped a beat: "So you can send him to jail?"

Although she escaped from New York in recent years, she has been immersed in the panic of the past and has never escaped from the nightmare.

For her, Harvey's actions and the police's bias filled her with fear.

She was willing to help Davis if it would resolve the matter, but she wanted to save herself first.

"That's right, but you need to discuss this matter with our people. I'm just a messenger."

"Okay, when do we talk?"

"Let's do it tomorrow morning. I'll still be here." Davis replied to Tang De after he and Ambola had reached an agreement.

The next morning, Tang De was sitting in his own villa. In front of him was the well-known journalist Turade, with whom he maintained a secret relationship. Since he became friends with Tang De in the past few years, he has made a name for himself in the news industry and published many famous news contents.

While gaining personal reputation, he also caused a lot of trouble to Tang De's opponents.

Now, he has got another chance to become famous by reporting on Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case and bringing down this Hollywood "big devil"!
"Are you ready?" Tang De asked the reporter Turade in front of him.

Turad was a man with short blond hair. He picked up his notebook and recorder and nodded, "No problem."

"Let's get started." Tang De dialed the phone, turned on the speakerphone, put it on the table, and watched Turade and Ambola communicate quietly.

"Hello, Miss Ambola, you can just call me Turad." Turad greeted her in a serious voice. "Hello, Mr. Turad." Ambola's voice revealed a little timidity.

"I am a reporter for the Washington Post. Don't worry, there will be no obstruction to this article. I will publish it from the most fair and objective perspective."

"Okay, okay."

"Then can you tell me what happened?"

Ambola's narration lasted for fifteen minutes intermittently. After she finished speaking, Tang De and the others had a general understanding of what Ambola had experienced.

She was harassed by Harvey in the hotel. Harvey knocked on her door and asked her to open the door, saying that he swore by his children that he would not do anything to her.

After she opened the door, Harvey rushed in, took her into the bathroom and attempted to sexually harass her before being rescued by the police.

However, after she sued Harvey, it was revealed that she had participated in an obscene party, which suddenly changed public opinion.

She was also threatened by the New York police, and even her brother's personal safety was threatened. All signs indicated that she could not sue Harvey, so she could only accept Harvey's compensation and leave New York.

At the same time, the police also took away all her electronic devices, which were presumably destroyed.

But Ambola was careful and kept her original recording.

For Tang De and his team, this recording is the key evidence.

After obtaining this evidence and corroborating it with Liz's evidence, the next thing to do is very simple: find the women who have been sexually harassed by Harvey and let them stand up and accuse Harvey together.

As for Harvey's younger brother Bob Weinstein, Donde is not going to let him go either.

Although he did not participate in his brother's series of scandals, if he had the chance, he would probably not give up on rescuing his brother.

So Tang De didn't intend to leave any trouble for himself, and during this period of time he asked the detective to find a lot of evidence against Bob.

It turns out that the most important person in Weinstein Company is not Harvey, but Bob, because he is the one who really pulls the trigger in public relations.

He has information on many Academy Award judges, and detectives have photographed him entering and leaving private places with Oscar judges many times.

I guess there must be a lot of power and money involved here.

So the detective has been following this clue and provided Tangde with a lot of evidence after Ambola agreed to cooperate with Tulare.

But Bob was very cautious. He didn't like to show off like his brother Harvey, so it was difficult to find evidence of his guilt.

But sometimes, to bring down a person, you don’t need solid evidence, just a guess.

Tang De was well aware of the importance of public opinion, so he had privately bought a lot of newspaper headlines through other people, waiting for Tulard to publish the scandal and add fuel to the fire.

A month later, the news was finally released.

The Washington Post reported an incredible sexual assault scandal. Well-known reporter Torad accused the famous Hollywood tycoon, Harvey Weinstein, of sexually harassing Liz and Amber, and secretly bribing the New York police and the court to avoid legal punishment.

For a while, public opinion was in an uproar!
Harvey Weinstein spoke out immediately, announcing that he had not committed any sexual assault, and released photos and evidence of himself being beaten by Liz, indicating that Liz attempted to blackmail him and was beaten when he refused to comply.

But just as he made the statement, the Washington Post released a recording as evidence.

In the recording, Harvey made inappropriate remarks about Liz and also made personal threats.

After this evidence was released, it immediately aroused widespread anger among the public.

"Harvey is a scumbag, a bastard!"

"That's what he did to me in the beginning!"

"I must stand up and expose the ugly things he did to me!"

Soon after, dozens of female celebrities who had been sexually assaulted by Harvey came out to support Liz and Amber.

Meanwhile, German actress and model Emma, ​​who accused Weinstein of raping her at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, filed a civil lawsuit in the Western District of California on Monday, alleging violations of human trafficking laws, assault, battery and false imprisonment.

The statements from these women immediately confirmed in public opinion the charges that Harvey Weinstein was guilty of sexual assault and personal assault.

The public discussion shifted from whether Harvey was guilty to how many crimes Harvey had committed.

This dimensional deviation has also made many awards and academies smell something bad.

They quickly drew a line between themselves and Harvey.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided to suspend Harvey Weinstein's membership.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has passed a decision to "immediately expel" Harvey Weinstein and removed him from its organizing committee.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that Harvey Weinstein would be stripped of the French government's highest honor, the Legion of Honor.

The Producers Guild of America announced it would terminate Harvey Weinstein's membership.

After a series of announcements, Harvey Weinstein's death sentence has basically been confirmed.

Coupled with the voices of many Hollywood stars, this once heavyweight Hollywood producer immediately became a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat.

Not long after, Weinstein Company issued a brief board statement announcing the dismissal of company founder and CEO Harvey Weinstein.

At the same time, Harvey Weinstein chose to apologize for his misconduct and turned himself in to the New York police.

A grand jury in Manhattan, New York, USA, formally indicted Hollywood heavyweight producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of rape and sexual crimes.

Everything seems to be going smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, Harvey will be sentenced to decades in prison and pay a large sum of compensation to many victims.

But according to the reporter's inquiry, Harvey's lawyer said Harvey did not plead guilty.

So this battle is not over yet.

In fact, Tang De's offensive had just begun.

After Harvey was taken to the police station, the Washington Post published another heavyweight article, claiming that according to a reporter's investigation, Bob Weinstein, the current CEO of the Weinstein Company, secretly manipulated the awarding of the Oscars and maintained an extraordinary friendship with many Oscar judges.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

(End of this chapter)