Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Focuses on Emails in Bid to Discredit Accusers

Harvey Weinstein will not be taking the stand.

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.

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.

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 — 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 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.

By Dade Hayes

Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand in the Harvey Weinstein trial on Thursday to testify about the night that the powerful producer allegedly raped her.

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.

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.

Prosecutors in the trial of Harvey Weinstein will look to an expert witness to counter the defence team’s claims that his accusers did not behave like victims after the alleged crimes.