Lisa Bloom, enemy of justice, tipped off Harvey Weinstein
by Tiana Lowe
| October 15, 2019 05:04 PM
Thanks to the groundbreaking investigative reporting of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the world already knows how fake feminist attorney Lisa Bloom set the groundwork for a smear campaign against the victims of Harvey Weinstein. For a rate of $895 per hour, Bloom planned to run interference for Weinstein with journalists and specifically use her persona as a victim rights activist to damage his victims' reputations back in 2016, well before the flood of sexual assault allegations against the disgraced producer went public the following year.
That Bloom made a mockery of her law degree was evident enough, but if an explosive insinuation in Ronan Farrow's new book Catch and Kill is correct, Bloom tipped off Weinstein that the NBC News reporter investigating him was Farrow.
Although Weinstein slowly discovered that a journalist from NBC News was investigating his serial offenses, he still did not know the identity of said journalist in the spring of 2017, per Farrow's reporting. Farrow makes ample note of his care for only speaking to sources unlikely to leak to Weinstein, and up until this point in his recollection, nearly everyone he speaks to directly either contributed information at some point or directed him to another useful point of contact.
Everyone, except for Bloom.
Following the advice of his sister Dylan Farrow, Roanan Farrow contacted Bloom for some legal input about the enforceability of nondisclosure agreements.
"I know we're not under attorney-client privilege, but as a fellow lawyer I trust you," Farrow told Bloom during their conversation. "If I ask you about a sensitive story, do you feel comfortable promising not to mention it to anyone until it comes out?"
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