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.
06.01.2020 - 22:56 / hollywoodreporter.com
The first journalists lined up at 4 a.m., some four hours before the doors of the New York County Supreme Court building opened Monday morning and five-and-a-half hours before Harvey Weinstein entered a courtroom for day one of his first criminal trial.
Temperatures in New York were in the mid-30s as the more than 150 journalists who have been credentialed to cover the trial waited for their chance to get inside. "This fucking blows," one veteran news producer in line said to another.
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.
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.
A novelist who has an upcoming book about predatory older men in New York will remain on the Harvey Weinstein jury, despite vociferous objections from the defense.
By Ted Johnson
Deborah Dugan has added experienced New York employment litigator Douglas Wigdor to her legal team, Billboard has confirmed. Wigdor declined to elaborate on any litigation plans.
By Dade Hayes
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.
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.
Harvey Weinstein wants the judge overseeing his New York trial for rape and sex assault removed from the case after the producer was threatened with jail for using his cell phone.
By Dominic Patten
A New York judge threatened Harvey Weinstein with jail on Tuesday (07Jan20) after flouting court rules to use his cell phone during his trial for rape and sexual assault.