Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers knew that he was hurting people, and they knew what the public would think of him if the public knew about it.

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The clauses attached to the Weinstein agreement signed by Perkins offer an insight into how egregious some NDAs can be. She was prohibited from even obtaining a copy of the agreement – she could only look at it supervised at a law firm’s office, a clause that also prevented MPs from acquiring the document. Ultimately she obtained the agreement in June through a personal data request. Its contents confirmed that she was banned from talking to a doctor, therapist or psychoanalyst about Weinstein’s alleged harassment unless they also signed an NDA and that she should not speak about the payment even if HMRC questioned her about it.

“If a therapist, for instance, broke the agreement, I would be held responsible for their disclosure. There were guns pointed from every angle,” said Perkins, who has since managed to rebuild her career as a successful associate producer.

Yet she also accepts that challenging the perceived potency of such agreements may take time for those who have signed them, saying that many people were afraid even to give evidence in parliament. “Even for the committee inquiry, people were too afraid to speak, some gave anonymous evidence.

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/26/former-weinstein-assistant-urges-ban-contracts-silence-harassment-victims