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Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his rape trial in New York City, lawyers for the movie mogul said on Tuesday. The announcement comes as Weinstein’s defense team rested its case after three weeks of testimony. Weinstein is facing life in prison if convicted of five criminal charges.

According to a witness, Harvey Weinstein’s accuser Jessica Mann called that disgraced producer her “spiritual soul mate,” before accusing him of sexual abuse and rape.

By Greg Evans

A former friend of Jessica Mann, the primary accuser in the Harvey Weinstein trial, testified Monday that Mann referred to Weinstein as her “spiritual soulmate.”

NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to call several more defence witnesses on Monday in his New York rape trial, now nearing its conclusion well ahead of schedule.

A front desk clerk said he was concerned for Jessica Mann’s safety when she checked in at the DoubleTree Hotel on March 18, 2013 with Harvey Weinstein. The hotel employee’s testimony could bolster prosecutors’ criminal case against the movie mogul.

Jessica Mann cried. She sobbed. She snapped at the defense lawyer. She admitted that she could be manipulative. She digressed. She asked again and again to be heard — to explain — but then struggled to find the words.

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.

By Greg Evans

Jessica Mann, a key witness in the Harvey Weinstein trial, finished her testimony Tuesday after facing cross-examination about her mental health.

By Greg Evans

A key witness in the Harvey Weinstein trial took the witness stand for a third day on Tuesday, a day after the trial was halted when she broke down in sobs during cross-examination.

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.

NEW YORK — A lawyer for movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday aggressively questioned a onetime aspiring actress who said she was raped by the film producer, asking if she had a relationship with him to advance her career.

One of the women at the centre of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial has been accused of repeatedly lying to the producer in a bid to exploit his Hollywood connections.

Jessica Mann — a key witness in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial who alleges the former movie mogul raped and sexually assaulted her on numerous occasions — was let off the stand on Monday when she said she was having a panic attack during cross-examination.

Jessica Mann, a key witness in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, faced a second day of cross-examination on Monday about the complex nature of her relationship with the disgraced producer.

By Dade Hayes

One of Harvey Weinstein's many rape accusers is claiming he has no testicles.

A former actress who claimed Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her told the court at his trial on Friday that the appearance of his genitalia was so “deformed” that she actually empathized with him and said he had to inject his member with an erection medication prior to the alleged rape.

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.

NEW YORK — A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein invited her to his hotel room to read a movie script and then, after saying he was going to “do something for her,” the former Hollywood producer sexually assaulted her.

Jessica Mann delivered an emotional and explosive testimony in a packed New York City courthouse on Friday, alleging that Harvey Weinstein violently assaulted and raped her on multiple occasions.

By Dade Hayes

By Dade Hayes

NEW YORK — The former roommate of Mimi Haleyi, one of the women who has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, took the stand on Tuesday in the former Hollywood mogul’s rape trial.

By Dade Hayes

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.

NEW YORK — A forensic psychiatrist took the stand at former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan rape trial on Friday, explaining why some sexual assault victims do not report attacks or avoid their abusers.