Catch and Kill

Even after the New York Times publishes its article, Farrow continues to add to his story. He talks to Lucia Evans a former actress assaulted by Weinstein in 2004. He dangled career opportunities in front of her in exchange for sexual favors and proceeded to assault her. Farrow prepares his story and reaches out to Lisa Bloom for comment. She refuses to help and passes them over to other members of Weinstein’s legal team. Not long after their phone call ends, Bloom resigns from Weinstein’s legal team.

Farrow tries to reach Weinstein directly. They have long discussions with many people present on both ends of the call. Some of their discussions are on the record and some are explicitly off the record. Weinstein flits between sounding defeated and charming. He disputes Farrow’s definition of rape as well as other aspects of the women’s claims. Eventually, Weinstein denies any claims of non-consensual sex and spends “an inordinate amount of time attacking the character of the women in the story” (174). He seems angry that recordings of him still exist, and his temper flares more frequently as the call progresses. When Weinstein makes the most extraordinary claims or threats, his lawyers cut the phone call.