Kara M. Bellew
Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Louis C.K., Bill O’Reilly—these are just a few of the high-profile names that have been toppled by the MeToo Movement., a social movement which ignited a cultural reckoning around sexual assault and harassment and was so powerful that Time Magazine named it the “2017 Person of the Year.”
The downfall of these high-profile men, whose names have long been synonymous with fame, privilege and power, has damaged not only their public personas, but their personal lives as well. Days after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, his wife Georgina Chapman, publicly denounced his “unforgivable actions” and announced she was leaving him. Some three months later, their divorce purportedly settled. For Ms. Chapman, or any of the countless other women whose husband’s bad behavior have impacted their livelihoods and brought embarrassment to their families, the question invariably becomes what role, if any, does this misconduct play in a divorce.
