Lisa Bloom Knows She Made "A Colossal Mistake" In Harvey Weinstein

[DonViejo]

The celebrity attorney and champion of women's rights spoke about her earlier decision to represent Harvey Weinstein, and her response to the sex assault scandal: "I definitely failed on this one."

Posted on October 14, 2017, at 10:07 a.m.

Claudia Rosenbaum
BuzzFeed News Reporter

The summer before the Harvey Weinstein sex assault scandal broke, Lisa Bloom’s track record as a celebrity attorney fighting for women’s rights was rising.

The attorney who famously represented Janice Dickinson in her rape allegation against Bill Cosby had secured Blac Chyna a restraining order against ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian after he posted explicit revenge porn photos on social media. Before that, Bloom went to court to prevent the ex-boyfriend of The O.C. star Mischa Barton from distributing a sex tape. And she had come to the aid of comedian Kathy Griffin to push back against what she alleged was bullying from the Trump family after the comedian’s controversial photo of her holding the fake severed head of the president. She had also helped a client bring claims against former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.

Then on Oct. 5, the New York Times published its report detailing allegations by multiple women, including actor Ashley Judd, that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had sexually assaulted and harassed them over the years.

The story was for many a confirmation of what had been an open secret in Hollywood, so it came as a surprise to those who knew Bloom when the Times cited her as an attorney advising Weinstein, who denied “many of the accusations as patently false.” She also referred to Weinstein as “an old dinosaur learning new ways,” apparently referring to her role coaching him in gender and power dynamics.

Bloom, 56, now admits that doing so was “a colossal mistake.” Criticism of the self-styled champion of women’s rights quickly hit a fever pitch.

“I can see that my just being associated with this was a mistake,” Bloom said in an interview with BuzzFeed News. “All I can say is, from my perspective, I thought, ‘Here is my chance to get to the root of the problem from the inside. I am usually on the outside throwing stones. Here is my chance to be in the inside and to get a guy to handle this thing in a different way.’ I thought that would be a positive thing, but clearly it did not go over at all.”

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Imagine that, making a mistake, admitting it was a mistake, and learning from it.

Bet she is a liberal

[Blue_Adept]

2. It just means she's going to be crucified even more

Though I think she had some right intentions because being able to see things from the other side can be helpful all around, both in getting someone like Weinstein to not try and ruin the women's reputations but also to find better ways to help the victims move forward as well.

But we're in a black and white world without nuance anymore.

[LuvLoogie]

3. You know, I think letting the deplorables double down is okay.

The more they cling to their facts-be-damned world view, the less effective they will become. Can they inflict damage? Yes, but that's about it. They will never be builders of a modern society. They will always see themselves as victims, jealous of the achievement by the targets of their bigotry.

The intellectuals that lead them have a special place in hell. But I say we create that hell for them here and now.

[whistler162]

4. Well her mother is getting some new

clients out of this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Allred#1990s