administration that are questioning the validity of that point of view. the state of new york is suing harvey weinstein, and his former film studio, complicating a deal to sell the weinstein company. the suit claims the company did not protect its employees from harassment and discrimination by weinste weinstein. for the sale to go through, victims must be compensated for any sale to go through. weinstein s attorney says many of the allegations don t have merit. more than 60 women have accused sexual harassment and accusations that including rape. the british government could stop giving money to the aid agency oxfam after a scandal in haiti. officials will meet with representatives from the charity group. oxfam denies covering up allegations that some of its senior employees paid for sex in haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
to get information out of her. and that was happening again and again as you said with reporters, as well. there is one other wrinkle here. david boise the attorney, very well known attorney, he fought for gay marriage rights and marriage equality to the supreme court. he was representing harvey weinstein and has just put out a statement. it just came out in the last couple of minutes. he used to represent mr. weinste weinstein. he said he is no longer a client of mine. what came out in the new yorker is he signed for the contracts with the investigators to happen. at least two were signed by him. in a new statement he says while i told mr. weinstein that i was not in a position to represent him on these issues meaning the sexual harassment allegations his request to contract with investigators seemed at the time like a reasonable accommodation for a long-time client. i regret having done this.
know, there are statutes of limitation. sure. having said that, we re learning police in lon didn t are investigating, police in new york who once investigated an accusation are also looking into it. the nypd. we should point out that weinste weinstein s spokesman has said repeatedly any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. he s further confirmed there were never acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances. but where is this investigation heading? well, you know, that s a great question. overnight we saw harvey weinstein s brother, bob weinstein, release a statement calling his brother a very sick man. but that sort of denouncing rings hol rebecause we also know there have been allegations that the weinstein company perhaps enabled this behavior and raised a question about who knew at the weinstein company that harvey had this history with women. it s hard to square this denunciation with the idea that perhaps they helped
welcome back to velshi & rhule. new fallout for harvey weinstein who is facing several accusations of sexual misconduct from more than a dozen women. just a short time ago the british academy of film and television arts announced it was suspending his membership calling the allegations against him unacceptable. we are also learning more about how some weinstein company employees believe they may have enabled weinstein s alleged actions. ronan farrow who broke the story talked to 16 current and former employees for his explosive article detailing the allegations. take a look. they talked about feeling profound guilt in feeling they aided and abetted a pattern of company meetings that they thought were little more than a cover for advances on vulnerable women. joining me now danny cevallos and ann bremner.
pleading that i just watch his masturbate. my heart was racing and i was scared. reporter: the string of new allegations triggered more condemnation from hollywood a-listers. among them matt damon, viola davis, leonardo dicaprio, and julianne moore. these women were young. it s difficult to be 23 and feel like you have any personal power. reporter: president obama who received political donations from weinstein said any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable regardless of wealth or status. i can t believe what we just watched. that was nbc s stephanie gosk reporting. i want to bring in nbc s anne thompson who has also been reporting on this. amy zeiering and j. newton smal.