CLEVELAND — Tuesday marks the 4th anniversary of the New York TImes article that re-ignited the #MeToo movement
Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor won the Pulitzer Prize for their series of stories on sexual harassment and abuse involving movie studio head Harvey Weinstein. The Cleveland Jewish News brought them here last week to discuss their book, 'She Said.'
Their stories exposed the cover ups, non-disclosure agreements and in all said they had 80 women share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. Not all went on the record, but some big names did, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.
The story re-ignited the #MeToo movement and thousands of women came forward with their own stories. By the end of 2017, more than 200 men, from CEOs, politicians and actors were outed for their behavior and lost their positions. Companies beefed up sexual harassment policies and four years later, it's still going on. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo just resigned over allegations and singer R. Kelly was just found guilty and faces life in prison.
But it all started with Weinstein.
Now there’s a movie coming based on the book, “She Said.”
When Weinstein harassed Gwyneth Paltrow, she was dating Brad Pitt at the time and she went home and told him what happened. The reporters vetted her story with Pitt, which he confirmed. Brad Pitt is one of the producers of a movie coming out next year that explains how the reporters broke the story.
The movie, from Universal Pictures, will be released on Nov. 18, 2022. “She Said” will star Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as New York Times reporters.
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