‘Richard Jewell’ Sparks Controversy For Portrayal Of Real-Life Reporter | TODAY — Transcript

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1. 0:00it's the movie moment marking the
2. 0:01turning point in the real-life drama of
3. 0:03Richard Jewell the FBI is looking at
4. 0:06Richard to the security guard hero
5. 0:09turned suspect in the deadly 1996
6. 0:11Olympic bombing in Atlanta
7. 0:13but this morning the movie's release
8. 0:15sparking a new drama surrounding Kathy
9. 0:18Scruggs the Atlanta newspaper reporter
10. 0:21who discovered the FBI label Julis
11. 0:23suspect days after he was called a hero
12. 0:25there's a scene in the movie where she
13. 0:29trades sex for the story tip which is
14. 0:33not true it never happened I just
15. 0:36thought wow they really did that to
16. 0:40someone who's dead and can't even defend
17. 0:43herself editor Kevin Reilly at the
18. 0:45Atlanta journal-constitution where
19. 0:47Scruggs worked says the scene is
20. 0:49appalling the paper calling on director
21. 0:51Clint Eastwood to issue a statement and
22. 0:53include a prominent disclaimer instead
23. 0:55of the one after the end credits
24. 0:57Kathy Scruggs was interesting
25. 1:02personality so how she did it nobody
26. 1:04probably will ever really know but
27. 1:08it could have certainly happened this
28. 1:10way Warner Brothers calls the claims
29. 1:12baseless writing it is unfortunate and
30. 1:15ultimate irony that the Atlanta
31. 1:16journal-constitution having been a part
32. 1:18of the rush to judgment of Richard
33. 1:20Jewell is now trying to malign our
34. 1:22filmmakers and cast online actress
35. 1:28Olivia Wilde's riding she couldn't speak
36. 1:29for creative decisions adding I do not
37. 1:32believe that Kathy traded sex for tips
38. 1:34and it was never my intention to suggest
39. 1:36she had spans name is Richard Jewell
40. 1:39he's a hero now as the movie captures
41. 1:40the real-life chaos surrounding its
42. 1:43title character happened to be at the
43. 1:44right place at the right time others
44. 1:48taking on Hollywood in a fight to get
45. 1:50this story straight now three months
46. 1:55after the bombing the FBI finally
47. 1:57cleared jewels name and he then in turn
48. 1:59suit multiple news agencies including
49. 2:01NBC nearly all of those cases were
50. 2:03settled out of court with the exception
51. 2:05of the Atlanta journal-constitution
52. 2:07whose suit was later dismissed
53. 2:17you