From Weinstein’s Leave to Institutional Collapse

She Said

This flow tracks how the first public report triggered a rapid crisis for Weinstein and the company that had long protected him.

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A Leave of Absence Announced A Leave of Absence Announced from "She Said". A Leave of Absence Announced A statement arrives As the reporters prepared to publish, Weinstein said he would take leave from The Weinstein Company to focus…

A Leave of Absence Announced from "She Said". A Leave of Absence Announced A statement arrives As the reporters prepared to publish, Weinstein said he would take leave from The Weinstein Company to focus…

A Leave of Absence Announced A statement arrives As the reporters prepared to publish, Weinstein said he would take leave from The Weinstein Company to focus on personal issues. He also issued a rambling statement mixing contrition with denial. A signal of crisis The leave suggested that the findings had immediate consequences even before the public response fully developed. The company now had to decide whether Weinstein could continue to lead.

An Emergency Board Meeting An Emergency Board Meeting from "She Said". An Emergency Board Meeting The board reacts The company’s board convened after publication.

An Emergency Board Meeting from "She Said". An Emergency Board Meeting The board reacts The company’s board convened after publication.

An Emergency Board Meeting The board reacts The company’s board convened after publication. Bob Weinstein and others urged Harvey to follow through with leave and treatment, while Harvey resisted and threatened to sell the company. Competing priorities Some directors focused on protecting the company and separating it from responsibility for older conduct. Their discussion revealed how liability concerns continued to outweigh attention to the women.

A Unified Front Fails A Unified Front Fails from "She Said". A Unified Front Fails Board members divide Directors disagreed over whether to protect Weinstein, remove him, or distance the company.

A Unified Front Fails from "She Said". A Unified Front Fails Board members divide Directors disagreed over whether to protect Weinstein, remove him, or distance the company.

A Unified Front Fails Board members divide Directors disagreed over whether to protect Weinstein, remove him, or distance the company. The prior strategy of minimizing and containing complaints could no longer hold after public exposure. A brother breaks away Bob Weinstein told Harvey that he was finished. His confrontation marked a late rupture in their partnership, after years in which he had failed to use his influence decisively.

Defenders Depart Defenders Depart from "She Said". Defenders Depart Public relations alliance collapses Lisa Bloom and Lanny Davis left Weinstein’s team amid criticism.

Defenders Depart from "She Said". Defenders Depart Public relations alliance collapses Lisa Bloom and Lanny Davis left Weinstein’s team amid criticism.

Defenders Depart Public relations alliance collapses Lisa Bloom and Lanny Davis left Weinstein’s team amid criticism. Bloom’s earlier work to manage reputation and undermine accusers became a public controversy of its own. A narrative turns against itself The planned image of Weinstein as a man learning from a women’s rights advocate failed. The people hired to protect him became part of the story about the machinery of concealment.

A Company Cannot Recover A Company Cannot Recover from "She Said". A Company Cannot Recover Financial and reputational damage The company faced a crisis after the allegations became public.

A Company Cannot Recover from "She Said". A Company Cannot Recover Financial and reputational damage The company faced a crisis after the allegations became public.

A Company Cannot Recover Financial and reputational damage The company faced a crisis after the allegations became public. Board members resigned, and the business could not separate itself from the leader whose conduct it had failed to address. A warning about complicity The company’s collapse showed that protecting a powerful executive did not ultimately protect the institution. Its own efforts to contain risk had allowed the risk to grow.

October 5, 2017

October 2017

Late 2017 to 2018