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Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer was representing the New York Times at the same time as he was aiding the producer’s efforts to block the publication of sexual harassment stories in the newspaper.
The New Yorker revealed David Boies’ conflict of interest in a bombshell report Monday. The story, the third in a series from Ronan Farrow that have caused shock waves throughout Hollywood and beyond, outlined the network of private investigators and intelligence firms Weinstein used to spy on and discredit women, including Rose McGowan, who have subsequently accused the producer of sexual assault.
Those same investigators — some of whom were former Israeli intelligence agents — also engaged journalists investigating the story, including Farrow, New York magazine’s Ben Wallace and the Times’ Jodi Kantor, who along with Megan Twohey published a story about Weinstein paying out settlements for sexual harassment Oct. 5.
The New Yorker reports that Boies personally signed the contract with security firm Black Cube, which was directed to uncover information that would stop the publication of any negative harassment stories about Weinstein in the Times, while his Manhattan firm (Boies, Schiller and Flexner) was representing the newspaper.