Compare these three following cases:
With Weinstein, there are stories of payments made to hush up his molestations. These were supposedly all women of age, however he used his power and influence to threaten their livelihoods if they didn't comply. That is the classic hostile workplace harassment. If the payments were made by the company, that affects shareholders, but I think the Weinstein Company is a privately held business.
Michael Jackson was alleged to have made payments to hush up molestations of under-age boys. While it tarnished his reputation, he was still considered musical royalty.
Dennis Hastert was accused of molesting under-age boys many decades ago before he entered Congress. He made payments to hush up molestations, but he was arrested for "structuring" the payments to avoid financial reporting requirements, and was eventually sent to prison.
One of these is not like the other two. Care to guess which one and why?
-PJ