Summary

In Chapter 3, Jodi began searching for records of Weinstein's behavior. Despite a series of complaints against Miramax logged with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the details were obscure or missing altogether. Simultaneously, an increasing number of large industry sexual harassment cases accrued at the paper. The men behind these cases all seemed to be using money to silence their victims. Further O'Reilly research uncovered millions of dollars paid to women in exchange for their disappearance. The lawyers entwined in these settlements also received significant sums. These deals discouraged women from coming forward while enabling serial harassers. The reporters needed to find the victims Weinstein had paid off.

Their conversations with former Miramax employees led Megan to pursue a former Weinstein assistant who had quit and disappeared without documented reason. While it was rumored Weinstein had done something to her, no...