NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defence at his rape trial, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they rested their case.
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Harvey Weinstein abused his position as the “powerbroker of Hollywood” for decades to prey on “naive and inexperienced” women, prosecutors alleged during opening statements in his rape trial.
The disgraced producer stands accused of committing sexual assaults in New York in the 1990s, 2006, and 2013, and as his trial kicked off on Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast didn’t hold back as she went into graphic detail about each of the alleged encounters.
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NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defence at his rape trial, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they rested their case.
Harvey Weinstein is being currently tried for rape and sexual misconduct in New York’s Manhattan courtroom. The latest update about the trial is that the disgraced producer’s defence team called psychologist and memory expert to the witness stand in an attempt to discredit all the allegations level against him by his accusers during the hearing, Page Six reported.
Harvey Weinstein’s lead lawyer claimed in court Friday that a controversial interview she gave to the New York Times was “taped a long time ago” — but it was actually recorded last week.
NEW YORK — A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her told a Manhattan jury on Tuesday that her relationship with the Hollywood producer was “complicated” but said that did not change the fact that he had raped her.
Italian actor Emanuela Postacchini testified that Harvey Weinstein pressured her and key witness Jessica Mann to have a threesome in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2013.
Former actress Jessica Mann choked back tears in court on Friday as she detailed the sexual assaults she allegedly suffered at the hands of Harvey Weinstein.
By Dade Hayes
Harvey Weinstein hired top private detectives in a desperate bid to bury the 2017 New York Times expose outing him as an alleged sexual predator, a court has heard.
Harvey Weinstein hired top private detectives in a desperate bid to bury the 2017 New York Times expose outing him as an alleged sexual predator, a court has heard.
By Dade Hayes
By Dade Hayes
Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York continued Tuesday with the former roommate of one of the ex-movie mogul’s accusers corroborating details of Weinstein’s alleged 2006 sexual assault.
NEW YORK — One of the women Harvey Weinstein is charged with sexually assaulting told a jury on Monday that the former Hollywood producer forced oral sex on her in his New York City home in 2006.
The Birds of Prey actress Rosie Perez has testified in court in New York, backing the claim made by Annabella Sciorra that Harvey Weinstein raped her. The story goes back to the year 1993, when on a night Rosie Perez spoke to Annabella Sciorra if she wanted to hang out.
Hollywood star Annabella Sciorra has confronted Harvey Weinstein from a New York witness box, her voice quivering as she recounted a rape accusation she kept largely private for decades.