Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s fate is in the hands of a New York City jury in the first trial for the man whose alleged misconduct helped spark the #MeToo movement.
01.02.2020 - 23:36 / hollywoodreporter.com
It’s hard to overstate how timely Bleecker Street’s new drama, The Assistant, is as it hits limited release in four theaters this weekend.
The movie stars Julia Garner as Jane, a young woman who takes a seemingly normal job as an assistant to a powerful Hollywood producer. At first there’s nothing unusual about the job, which Jane sees as a good first step in her own career.
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s fate is in the hands of a New York City jury in the first trial for the man whose alleged misconduct helped spark the #MeToo movement.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape trial resumed deliberations on Wednesday, a day after the presiding judge took the former Hollywood producer's lead defense lawyer to task for writing an opinion piece about the case.
NEW YORK -- Jurors are returning Wednesday for a second day of deliberations in a rape trial that could send Harvey Weinstein to prison for the rest of his life.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape trial is expected to continue deliberations on Wednesday, a day after the presiding judge took the former Hollywood producer's lead defense lawyer to task for writing an opinion piece about the case.
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
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.
By Greg Evans
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 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
Even since his trial started, Harvey Weinstein’s alleged victims have been revealing horrific details about their sexual assault. The latest testimony was given by a former aspiring actress who claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the disgraced Hollywood producer in the mid-2000s.
The Assistant— whose original idea came from the Harvey Weinstein scandal — premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September, is currently at Sundance, and will head to Berlin’s international fest next month.
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.
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.
Actress Rosie Perez took the stand during Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in New York on Friday (24Jan20) to recount the conversations she had had with pal Annabella Sciorra about her alleged rape.