This is complex, but stick with the story of one lawyer suing another lawyer, and Weinstein, in order to kick a D.A.’s investigation back into full gear: “Filler told Variety that he brought the suit in part to determine why the Manhattan D.A.’s probe of de la Huerta’s rape allegations appears to have stalled. ‘Our purpose is to investigate what caused the N.Y. D.A. criminal investigation and criminal prosecution to stall, and to call TWC/HW to account if they used extra-legal means as we believe they did,’ Filler said.”