by Ronan Farrow
2 “old dinosaur learning new ways”: Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) on Twitter, October 5, 2017.
3 “I’m using the term workplace misconduct”: Lisa Bloom quoted in Nicole Pelletiere, “Harvey Weinstein’s Advisor, Lisa Bloom, Speaks Out: ‘There Was Misconduct,’” ABC News, October 6, 2017.
4 “Lisa Bloom to tutor me”: Statement from Harvey Weinstein to the New York Times, October 5, 2017.
CHAPTER 41
1 there had been a cover-up: Shawn Tully, “How a Handful of Billionaires Kept Their Friend Harvey Weinstein in Power,” Fortune, November 19, 2017.
2 “I could use some support”: Email from Harvey Weinstein to Brian Roberts, October 6, 2017.
3 founded by Roberts’s father: Ellen Mayers, “How Comcast Founder Ralph Roberts Changed Cable,” Christian Science Monitor, June 19, 2015.
4 unshakable power: Tara Lachapelle, “Comcast’s Roberts, CEO for Life, Doesn’t Have to Explain,” Bloomberg, June 11, 2018.
5 Burke worked at Disney: Jeff Leeds, “Ex-Disney Exec Burke Knows His New Prey,” Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2004.
6 dominated by Weinstein’s rebuttals: Yashar Ali, “At NBC News, the Harvey Weinstein Scandal Barely Exists,” HuffPost, October 6, 2017.
7 didn’t mention Weinstein once: Dave Itzkoff, “SNL Prepped Jokes About Harvey Weinstein, Then Shelved Them,” New York Times, October 8, 2017.
CHAPTER 42
1 her plans to discredit accusers: Megan Twohey and Johanna Barr, “Lisa Bloom, Lawyer Advising Harvey Weinstein, Resigns Amid Criticism From Board Members,” New York Times, October 7, 2017.
CHAPTER 43
1 “Speaking of media complicity”: Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) on Twitter, October 10, 2017.
2 “nowhere close to what ultimately ran”: Lloyd Grove, “How NBC ‘Killed’ Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Exposé,” Daily Beast, October 11, 2017.
3 “a long chase”: The Rachel Maddow Show, October 10, 2017.
CHAPTER 44
1 “it was the moment when Mark knew the truth”: Rielle Hunter, What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter, and Me (Dallas, TX; BenBella Books, 2012), loc 139 of 3387, Kindle.
2 just hadn’t asked the right questions: Joe Johns and Ted Metzger, “Aide Recalls Bizarre Conversation with Edwards Mistress,” CNN, May 4, 2012.
3 latest reframing: The Today show with Matt Lauer, Hoda Kotb, and Savannah Guthrie, October 11, 2017.
4 “You’re damn right”: David Remnick on CBS Sunday Morning, November 26, 2017.
5 warned Clinton team members: Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg, and Steve Eder, “Weinstein’s Complicity Machine,” New York Times, December 5, 2017.
6 “Harvey’s a rapist and this is going to come out”: Lena Dunham quoted in Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg, and Steve Eder, “Weinstein’s Complicity Machine,” New York Times, December 5, 2017.
7 “shocked and appalled”: Jeremy Barr, “Hillary Clinton Says She’s “Shocked and Appalled” by Harvey Weinstein Claims,” Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2017.
8 “avoid ‘a witch hunt atmosphere’”: “Harvey Weinstein a Sad, Sick Man—Woody Allen,” BBC News, October 16, 2017.
9 right-wing guerrilla artist: Rory Carroll, “Rightwing Artist Put Up Meryl Streep ‘She Knew’ Posters as Revenge for Trump,” Guardian, December 20, 2017.
10 “Not everybody knew”: Meryl Streep quoted in Emma Dibdin, “Meryl Streep Speaks Out Against Harvey Weinstein Following Sexual Harassment Allegations,” Elle, October 9, 2017.
CHAPTER 45
1 “wanted to tell you how brave I think you are”: Email from Diana Filip to Rose McGowan, October 10, 2017.
2 “And I just wanted to get off the phone”: Annabella Sciorra quoted in Ronan Farrow, “Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein,” The New Yorker, October 27, 2017. Reporting from this article also referenced in other chapters.
CHAPTER 46
1 a colorful profile: Miriam Shaviv, “IDF Vet Turned Author Teases UK with Mossad Alter Ego,” Times of Israel, February 8, 2013.
2 Dead Cat Bounce: Seth Freedman, Dead Cat Bounce (United Kingdom, London: Cutting Edge Press, 2013), loc 17 of 3658, Kindle.
3 who conducted the interviews, and why: Mark Townsend, “Rose McGowan: “Hollywood Blacklisted Me Because I Got Raped,” Guardian, October 14, 2017.
4 a ready pipeline of trained operatives: Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow, “Private Massod for Hire,” The New Yorker, February 11, 2019.
5 veterans of a secret Israeli intelligence unit: Haaretz staff, “Ex-Mossad Chief Ephraim Halevy Joins Spy Firm Black Cube,” Haaretz, November 11, 2018.
6 once pitched Black Cube’s services: Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow, “Private Massod for Hire,” The New Yorker, February 11, 2019.
7 more than 100 operatives, speaking 30 languages: Yuval Hirshorn, “Inside Black Cube—the ‘Mossad’ of the Business World,” Forbes Israel, June 9, 2018.
8 “the exclusive supplier to major organizations and government ministries”: Hadas Magen, “Black Cube—a “Mossad-style” Business Intelligence Co,” Globes, April 2, 2017.
9 “new information concerning the HW&BC affair”: Email from Sleeper1973, October 31, 2017.
CHAPTER 47
1 That last arrangement: Agreement between Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Black Cube, July 11, 2017.
2 two Black Cube operatives were jailed in Romania: Yuval Hirshorn, “Inside Black Cube—the ‘Mossad’ of the Business World,” Forbes Israel, June 9, 2018.
3 “it’s complicated”: Email from David Boies to Ronan Farrow, November 4, 2017.
4 “via a girl named ‘Ana’”: Email from Sleeper1973 to Ronan Farrow, November 1, 2017.
CHAPTER 48
1 peculiar inquiries reached prominent defenders of the deal: Ronan Farrow, “Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials,” The New Yorker, May 6, 2018.
2 their work that could be used against them: Mark Maremont, “Mysterious Strangers Dog Controversial Insurer’s Critics,” Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2017.
3 Maja Lazarov: Mark Maremont, Jacquie McNish and Rob Copeland, “Former Israeli Actress Alleged to Be Operative for Corporate-Investigation Firm,” Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2017.
4 a Canadian asset management firm: Matthew Goldstein and William K. Rashbaum, “Deception and Ruses Fill the Toolkit of Investigators Used by Weinstein,” New York Times, November 15, 2017.
5 a documentary about the war: The Woman from Sarajevo (2007, dir. Ella Alterman).
6 watch-cameras; recording pens: Yuval Hirshorn, “Inside Black Cube—the ‘Mossad’ of the Business World,” Forbes Israel, June 9, 2018.
7 “I’ve lived inside a mirrored fun house”: Rose McGowan quoted in Ronan Farrow, “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies,” The New Yorker, November 6, 2017. Reporting from this article also referenced in other chapters.
CHAPTER 49
1 “due to fear of HW’s retaliation, according to HW”: “Confidential memo to counsel, Re: Jodi Kantor/Ronan Farrow Twitter Contacts and Potential Sources,” PSOPS report, July 18, 2017.
2 eleven photographs: Email from Dan Karson to Harvey Weinstein, October 22, 2016.
3 “is the money shot”: Email from Blair Berk to Harvey Weinstein, October 23, 2016.
4 “No adverse information”: Email from Dan Karson to Harvey Weinstein, October 13, 2016.
5 criticism of Wallace’s previous reporting: Email from Dan Karson to Harvey Weinstein, October 13, 2016.
6 in response to a book he wrote: Email from Dan Karson to Harvey Weinstein, October 23, 2016.
7 “Lies/Exaggerations/Contradictions”: “Confidential memo to counsel, Re: Weinstein Inquiry, Re: Rose Arianna McGowan,” PSOPS report, November 8, 2016.
8 “personal impeachment of Moss”: “Confidential memo to counsel, Re: Weinstein Inquiry, Re: Adam Wender Moss,” PSOPS report, December 21, 201
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9 “relevant to considerations of our response strategy”: “Confidential memo to counsel, Re: Weinstein Inquiry,” PSOPS report, November 11, 2016.
10 “Kantor is NOT following Ronan Farrow”: “Confidential memo to counsel, Re: Jodi Kantor/Ronan Farrow Twitter Contacts and Potential Sources,” PSOPS report, July 18, 2017.
11 suggested they “discuss next steps on each”: Email from Dylan Howard to Harvey Weinstein, December 7, 2016.
12 “AMAZING… eventually she laid into Rose pretty hard”: Email from Dylan Howard to Harvey Weinstein, December 7, 2016.
13 “This is the killer. Especially if my fingerprints r not on this”: Email from Harvey Weinstein to Dylan Howard, December 6, 2016.
14 “appropriate action against you”: Email from Black Cube’s UK-based law firm to Ronan Farrow, November 2, 2017.
15 “We wish to dispose of every document and information we possess”: Email from Avi Yanus, October 31, 2017.
16 “out of this world, my dear”: Email from Sleeper1973 to Ronan Farrow, November 2, 2017.
CHAPTER 50
1 “I’m afraid to even mention his name”: Karen McDougal quoted in Ronan Farrow, “Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity,” The New Yorker, February 16, 2018. Reporting from this article also referenced in other chapters.
2 hacked opponents’ email accounts: Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley, and Andrew Willis, “How to Hack an Election,” Bloomberg Businessweek, March 31, 2016.
3 selling salacious stories: Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown, “The Ex-Playmate and the Latin American Political Operative: An Untold Episode in the Push to Profit from an Alleged Affair with Trump,” Washington Post, May 28, 2018.
4 asking for help: Joe Palazzolo, Nicole Hong, Michael Rothfeld, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,” Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2018.
5 “If you deny, you are safe”: Email from Keith Davidson to Karen McDougal, August 5, 2016.
6 That publicist was Matthew Hiltzik: Cameron Joseph, “Enquirer Gave Trump’s Alleged Mistress a Trump Family Associate to Run Her PR,” Talking Points Memo, March 27, 2018.
7 “SEND THIS”: Email from Dylan Howard to Karen McDougal, June 23, 2017.
8 “McDougal contract extension”: Email from AMI general counsel, January 30, 2018.
9 “just more fake news”: Ronan Farrow, “Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity,” The New Yorker, February 16, 2018.
CHAPTER 51
1 Dino Sajudin, a former Trump Tower doorman, had told AMI the story: Ronan Farrow, “The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence,” The New Yorker, April 12, 2018. Reporting from this article also referenced in other chapters.
2 “He’s seen the chupacabra”: Nikki Benfatto quoted in Edgar Sandoval and Rich Schapiro, “Ex-Wife of Former Trump Building Doorman Who Claimed the President Has a Love Child Says He’s a Liar,” New York Daily News, April 12, 2018.
3 Horwitz left work for days: Michael Calderone, “How a Trump ‘Love Child’ Rumor Roiled the Media,” Politico, April 12, 2018.
4 a post acknowledging everything: “Prez Love Child Shocker! Ex-Trump Worker Peddling Rumor Donald Has Illegitimate Child,” RadarOnline.com, April 11, 2018.
5 “terrific Enquirer fodder”: Email from Dylan Howard to David Remnick, April 11, 2018.
6 resurrected draft: Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz, “$30,000 Rumor? Tabloid Paid For, Spiked, Salacious Trump Tip,” Associated Press, April 12, 2018.
7 Hair-curling allegations of sexual violence followed: Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein, Case 5:16-cv-00797-DMG-KS, United States District Court Central District of California, complaint filed on April 26, 2016 and Jane Doe v. Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein, Case 1:16-cv-04642, United States District Court Southern District of New York, complaint filed on June 20, 2016.
8 close friends with Donald Trump: Landon Thomas Jr., “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery,” New York, October 28, 2002.
9 widespread allegations that Epstein sexually abused minors: Julie K. Brown, “How a Future Trump Cabinet Member Gave a Serial Sex Abuser the Deal of a Lifetime,” Miami Herald, November 28, 2018.
10 plaintiff’s intermediary in the press: Jon Swaine, “Rape Lawsuits Against Donald Trump Linked to Former TV Producer,” Guardian, July 7, 2016.
11 emerged as doubtful as most journalists: Emily Shugerman, “I Talked to the Woman Accusing Donald Trump of Rape,” Revelist, July 13, 2016.
12 AMI ran several stories shooting down the claims in the lawsuit: “Trump Sued by Teen ‘Sex Slave’ for Alleged ‘Rape’—Donald Blasts ‘Disgusting’ Suit,” RadarOnline.com, April 28, 2016; and “Case Dismissed! Judge Trashes Bogus Donald Trump Rape Lawsuit,” RadarOnline.com, May 2, 2016.
13 arranged directly through Michael Cohen: Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo, “Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence,” Wall Street Journal, Updated January 12, 2018.
14 filed formal complaints: Greg Price, “McDougal Payment from American Media Was Trump Campaign Contribution, Watchdog Group Claims to FEC,” Newsweek, February 19, 2018.
15 Pecker visited the Oval Office: Jim Rutenberg, Kate Kelly, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, and Mike McIntire, “Wooing Saudi Business, Tabloid Mogul Had a Powerful Friend: Trump,” New York Times, March 29, 2018.
CHAPTER 52
1 “pornographic material”: Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz, “AP Exclusive: Top Gossip Editor Accused of Sexual Misconduct,” Associated Press, December 5, 2017.
2 “The National Enquirer intends to publish a story”: Email from AMI, April 17, 2018.
3 looking for records: Michael D. Shear, Matt Apuzzo, and Sharon LaFraniere, “Raids on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women,” New York Times, April 10, 2018.
4 “identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided”: Letter from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to American Media Inc., September 20, 2018.
5 “Rather than capitulate”: Jeff Bezos, “No Thank You, Mr. Pecker.” Medium.com, February 7, 2019.
6 whether Howard had breached: Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., “Federal Prosecutors Reviewing Bezos’s Extortion Claim Against National Enquirer, Sources Say,” Washington Post, February 8, 2019.
7 a $1 million bat mitzvah: Edmund Lee, “National Enquirer to Be Sold to James Cohen, Heir to Hudson News Founder,” New York Times, April 18, 2019.
8 “a big circle”: Keith J. Kelly, “Where Did Jimmy Cohen Get the Money to Buy AMI’s National Enquirer?” New York Post, May 14, 2019.
9 The number grew: Brooks Barnes and Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein Is Said to Reach $44 Million Deal to Settle Lawsuits,” New York Times, May 23, 2019.
10 Former colleagues called Weisberg: Lachlan Cartwright and Pervaiz Shallwani, “Weinstein’s Secret Weapon Is a ‘Bloodhound’ NYPD Detective Turned Private Eye,” Daily Beast, November 12, 2018.
11 sexually assaulted her at his apartment in 2006: Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Former Weinstein Production Assistant Shares Graphic Account of Sexual Assault,” Variety, October 24, 2017.
12 friendly messages from Haleyi: Jan Ransom, “Weinstein Releases Emails Suggesting Long Relationship With Accuser,” New York Times, August 3, 2018.
13 all the ammunition Brafman needed: Tarpley Hitt and Pervaiz Shallwani, “Harvey Weinstein Bombshell: Detective Didn’t Tell D.A. About Witness Who Said Sex-Assault Accuser Consented,” Daily Beast, October 11, 2018.
14 “Whatever success I may have”: Benjamin Brafman quoted in Lachlan Cartwright and Pervaiz Shallwani, “Weinstein’s Secret Weapon Is a ‘Bloodhound’ NYPD Detective Turned Private Eye,” Daily Beast, November 12, 2018.
15 Weisberg had helped “uncover materials”: Benjamin Brafman quote
d in Lachlan Cartwright and Pervaiz Shallwani, “Weinstein’s Secret Weapon Is a ‘Bloodhound’ NYPD Detective Turned Private Eye,” Daily Beast, November 12, 2018.
16 pledged to keep going to with their lawsuits: Gene Maddaus, “Some Weinstein Accusers Balk at $30 Million Settlement,” Variety, May 24, 2019, and Jan Ransom and Danielle Ivory, “‘Heartbroken’: Weinstein Accusers Say $44 Million Settlement Lets Him Off the Hook,” New York Times, May 24, 2019.
17 a small item about him: Mara Siegler and Oli Coleman, “Harvey Weinstein spotted meeting with PI in Grand Central Terminal,” Page Six, New York Post, March 20, 2019.
18 one was a private investigator, another a lawyer: Mara Siegler and Oli Coleman, “Harvey Weinstein Spotted Meeting with PI in Grand Central Terminal,” Page Six, New York Post, March 20, 2019.
CHAPTER 53
1 launching an investigation out of their Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit: Alan Feuer, “Federal Prosecutors Investigate Weinstein’s Ties to Israeli Firm,” New York Times, September 6, 2018.
CHAPTER 54
1 promotional video: Infotactic group promotional video, posted to the Infotactic group Facebook and Youtube accounts, March 3, 2018.
2 Lambert’s interests strayed: Raphael Satter, “APNewsBreak: Undercover Agents Target Cybersecurity Watchdog,” Associated Press, January 26, 2019.
3 NSO Group’s Pegasus software compromised an iPhone: Miles Kenyon, “Dubious Denials & Scripted Spin,” Citizen Lab, April 1, 2019.
4 solicited anti-Semitic statements: Ross Marowits, “West Face Accuses Israeli Intelligence Firm of Covertly Targeting Employees,” Financial Post, November 29, 2017.
5 Aharon Almog-Assouline, a retired Israeli security official: Raphael Satter and Aron Heller, “Court Filing Links Spy Exposed by AP to Israel’s Black Cube,” Associated Press, February 27, 2019.
CHAPTER 55
1 “an affair that violated NBC’s terms of employment”: Charlotte Triggs and Michele Corriston, “Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie Are Today’s New Anchor Team,” People.com, January 2, 2018.
