 On February 14, 2017, SoftBank Group agreed that in the future it would buy Fortress Investment Group LLC for $3.3 billion.The SoftBank acquisition was completed in the last week of December, for $3.3 billion to SoftBank Group Corp.In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal, in late October 2017, it was reported that Fortress Investment Group was in talks to provide a loan to Weinstein Co.