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.
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Appeals court officials have shot down Harvey Weinstein’s last-minute motion to move his rape trial out of New York City.
The disgraced producer’s lawyers have repeatedly argued their client is unlikely to receive a fair trial in Manhattan due to the intense press coverage surrounding the case, while they also claimed the constant presence of protestors blasting Weinstein outside the courthouse had turned the proceedings into a “media and entertainment circus”.
The request was recently denied
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.
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 psychology professor called by the defence as an expert witness at the New York rape trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein testified on Friday that people’s memories can become distorted.
Harvey Weinstein’s rape accuser Jessica Mann was left “crying in the fetal position on the ground” after she was allegedly pressured into having a threesome with another actress, a court has heard.
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.
Harvey Weinstein boasted about the role sexual favours allegedly played in Charlize Theron and Salma Hayek’s careers after an aspiring actress rejected a threesome request from the disgraced producer, a court has heard.
A woman who described herself as an aspiring actress and big fan of Harvey Weinstein’s films has told jurors she jumped at his invitation to screen-test for movie roles.
Dawn Dunning, a former waitress and aspiring actress who claims Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2004, tearfully testified in Manhattan Supreme Court about how the media mogul propositioned her and stuck his hand up her skirt during a business meeting.
An English woman told the Harvey Weinstein trial on Monday that the movie mogul forced oral sex on her in his New York City home in 2006.
Annabella Sciorra became the first of Harvey Weinstein's accusers to testify at his New York City rape trial, recounting in graphic detail her alleged assault at his hand in the early 1990s.
NEW YORK — Prosecutors on Monday portrayed former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial predator who used his power to manipulate and sexually assault young women, while the defence argued that his accusers engaged in consensual sex that they later reframed as attacks.
Appeals court officials have shot down Harvey Weinstein’s last-minute motion to move his rape trial out of New York City.
An appeals court denied the second request from Harvey Weinstein’s legal team to move his trial out of New York City on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Four men and three women were chosen on Thursday as jurors in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, as the judge cautioned against using the case to make a broader statement about the #MeToo movement.
A potential juror for Harvey Weinstein’s rape case in New York City has been threatened with jail time for writing about the trial online.
Gigi Hadid has been dismissed from her role as a juror for Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial.
Gigi Hadid has been dismissed from her role as a juror for Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial.