Lisa Bloom Is Defending HERSELF Now After Shameful Harvey Weinstein Defense Email Leaks!

When we heard Lisa Bloom was acting as Harvey Weinstein‘s lawyer, we were confused.
Lisa, the daughter of Gloria Allred, who had been making her own name as an advocate for women over the past few months, had said she was defending Weinstein to make sure defamatory, victim-blaming tactics weren’t used to “scare other women from coming forward, which has always been the way it’s been done before.”
While it would be a noble goal to try to stop that from happening, it was still odd to many that she would be willing to try to defend such a creep, considering her previous work.
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Well, it seems during the days she was working with Weinstein, she may have been totally willing to cast aside her feminist ideals and throw the same damn arguments at the accusers we always see.
In a letter obtained by Huffington Post, Lisa defends Harvey to The Weinstein Company‘s board, saying the women would be hit by “different reporting”:

“This is the worst day.
This is the day the New York Times came out with a largely false and defamatory piece, in a major violation of journalistic ethics, giving only two days to respond to dozens of allegations, and then refusing to include information about eyewitnesses and documents negating many of the claims.
Tomorrow there will be more and different reporting, highlighting inaccuracies, including photos of several of the accusers in very friendly poses with Harvey after his alleged misconduct.”

According to the New York Times, even the board of TWC disagreed with the demeaning approach. Lance Maerov wrote to her that “publishing pictures of victims in friendly poses with Harvey will backfire as it suggests they are exculpatory or negate any harm done to them through alleged actions.”
Bob Weinstein wrote to Bloom:

“It is my opinion, that u are giving your client poor counsel. Perhaps, Harvey as he stated in the NY Times, to the world, should get professional help for a problem that really exists.”

And THAT is when she quit as his attorney.
Hmm…
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But when her own email hit the press, Bloom immediately went on the defensive, writing to HuffPo that she “didn’t plan any kind of strategy of releasing photos,” she had just meant that she knew some outlets were planning on publishing them:

“I said publicly we weren’t going after accusers. Harvey said that too. When asked in interviews, I said only that they deserved respect. If I had this nefarious plan, it would have been easy to execute ├óΓé¼ΓÇó just hit send. Please. This is an insult to me and my life’s work for 31 years.”

Apparently it wasn’t just HuffPo she felt the need to respond to.
On Monday night, she also defended herself on Twitter after getting inundated with hate over her reported actions. She wrote:

So over the hate. I have won $15 million for victims of sexual harassment, rape and race discrimination this year. From a client this week: pic.twitter.com/YMsM4t36hT
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

“The left can be vicious,” a friend said. I’m experiencing that because I believed in the power of apology. I know who I am and what I did.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

One of my rules has always been to go easy on people whose lifelong work has been positive. I have learned few believe in that.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

Powerful learning experience last week. I always tell my clients to ignore the hate, but now I truly get their pain.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

Was it too much to produce an apology as well as denials on some issues? Apparently it was. That’s how it works in court. But not in media.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

I learned that asking for an investigation and then consequences was controversial.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

To say that other reporting and photos would come out was to state an obvious truth. If I had a nefarious plan, why not execute it?
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

31 years advocating for women, POC, LGBT and others, and hopefully many more ahead. Going to Houston for a DV victim tomorrow. Goodnight.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

Accusation that I had a plan to undermine women is completely inconsistent w my entire life’s work, which also generates considerable hate.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

And it is utterly, completely false.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

It’s cool if you think my trying something different to change the usual trajectory was wrongheaded.
I’ve heard you. Still pondering it.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

But I don’t think you’ll shake my core beliefs in owning up, apologies, and being respectful.
And you don’t change minds by vicious hate.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

I hope to take from this a better willingness to listen respectfully to the “other side,” and in fact, to avoid “sides” where possible.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

Respectfully, I disagree. https://t.co/Awt102iBPw
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

We are too angry with each other as a nation. The most I’ve seen in my 56 years. I hope I will always remember this experience and be kind.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 10, 2017

What do YOU think of Lisa’s defense of her defense??
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