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Harvey Weinstein: from Hollywood 'God' to convicted rapist
A week before his 68th birthday, the 'Pulp Fiction' producer with a knack for making Oscar-winning movies was sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual...
Judge James Burke ignored the pleas of Weinstein's defence team to give their client the minimum of five years behind bars.
Annabella Sciorra, best known for her role in HBO’s 'The Sopranos,' testified that Weinstein came to her New York apartment one winter night in 1993 or 1994, raped her and then forced oral sex on her.
Jurors asked to review parts of Mimi Haleyi’s testimony, as well as emails between her and Harvey Weinstein and emails from him mentioning her.
The Manhattan jury of seven men and five women began their discussions after the judge hearing the case warned Weinstein’s lead defence lawyer, Donna Rotunno, against talking to the press until jurors have reached a verdict.
The disgraced movie mogul, 67, faces life in prison if the jury of seven men and five women convict him of predatory sexual assault charges in New York.
Harvey Weinstein, 67, has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping Jessica Mann, a onetime aspiring actress, in 2013.
The trial has raised complicated issues surrounding consent and abuse of power for the jury of seven men and five women to grapple with.
Mann is one of the women who gave testimony against Weinstein in his ongoing sexual assault trial in Manhattan, as she alleged the disgraced producer - whom she has admitted to having a non-sexual relationship with - had raped her at the DoubleTree Hotel in Manhattan in 2013.
Lead defence attorney Donna Rotunno subjected ex-actress Jessica Mann, who says Weinstein raped her in March 2013, to brutal cross-examination that appeared to severely weaken her earlier testimony.
Weinstein (67) has pleaded not guilty to raping the aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, and to sexually assaulting another woman, Mimi Haleyi.
Mimi Haleyi began testifying in a Manhattan courtroom with Weinstein looking on from the defence table.
The prosecution called Barbara Ziv, who testified when American comedian Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault, to dispel several 'myths' surrounding rape.
Annabella Sciorra, best known for her role as Gloria Trillo in American mob drama 'The Sopranos,' alleges that Weinstein raped her in her New York apartment on an unknown date sometime in the winter of 1993-94.