Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence


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Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein and other accused perpetrators of sexual assault helped open the floodgates of the #MeToo movement. In his new book, “Catch and Kill,” and in “The Black Cube Chronicles,” published on newyorker.com, Farrow details the measures that were taken against him and against some of the accusers who went on the record. These included hiring a private spy firm staffed by ex-Mossad officers. Speaking with David Remnick, Farrow lays out a connection between accusations against Weinstein and NBC’s Matt Lauer. And he interviews a private investigator named Igor Ostrovskiy who was assigned to spy on him—until he had a crisis of conscience.