Company Scrambles as Weinstein Takes Leave and a Third of the Board Resigns<br />In an email to employees on Friday, Mr. Glasser, the company’s president, said<br />that the company was “taking the allegations seriously” and that the investigation would determine the “best decision for how to address the situation.”<br />He said the company would start working with an “independent, third party firm” to which<br />employees could report episodes of harassment they had experienced or witnessed.<br />I’m working with a guy who has behaved badly over the years, who is genuinely remorseful, who says, you know, ‘I have caused a lot of pain.’”<br />Reached by The Times for additional comment on Friday, Ms. Bloom said: “ allegations if true would constitute sexual harassment.<br />“As Harvey has said, it is important for him to get professional help for the problems he has acknowledged,” said<br />a statement signed by four board members, Bob Weinstein, Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov and Richard Koenigsberg.<br />I don’t know if there’s a real significant difference to most people, but sexual harassment is severe and pervasive.”<br />Ms. Bloom, who represented women who brought sexual harassment claims against the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly,<br />said she saw advising Mr. Weinstein as an opportunity, adding that she felt uniquely positioned to work with him
