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.
07.01.2020 - 22:16 / torontosun.com
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as the judge threatened to revoke his bail and jail the former film producer after catching him using his cellphone just as jury selection got underway.
“Is this really the way you want to end up in jail for the rest of your life, by texting and violating a court order?” state Judge James Burke asked, visibly angry. He told Weinstein not to answer.
Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi, the lead prosecutor, urged Burke to
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By Dade Hayes
Gigi Hadid will not be a juror in Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial in New York. The 24-year-old Supermodel showed up to jury selection with about 200 other people, and was dismissed along with 62 others on January 16, The Cut reported.
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.
Gigi Hadid might be heading to the courtroom as a juror in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in New York. According to a report by CNN, the 24-year-old model was called to Manhattan Supreme Court on January 13 along with 120 other potential jurors to serve in the trial for the disgraced Hollywood Producer.
Harvey Weinstein has had another court motion denied after the judge overseeing his New York trial for rape and sexual assault refused to continue jury selection in secret.
An organized group of women performed a feminist anthem and dance in protest outside of Harvey Weinstein’s trial in New York late Friday morning, while the disgraced movie mogul was inside the courthouse for jury selection for his rape trial, which began earlier this week.
Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein want reporters barred from jury selection for the movie producer’s rape trial in New York. To act on that desire, Weinstein’s attorneys filed a new motion on Friday asking for individual jury selection — a move that was swiftly denied by Justice James Burke.
Harvey Weinstein struck out in his attempt on Thursday to get a new judge assigned to his rape trial in New York.