Posted on 06/15/2022 8:23:13 AM PDT by Steely Tom
Not realizing what lay ahead, Weinstein boasted of his support for the forces that were about to devour him.
Yet the initial appellate body’s ruling was far from a foregone conclusion. During oral argument in December, that same body expressed grave doubts about whether Weinstein had received a fair trial.
One issue concerned Juror 11, a Harvard-educated novelist named Amanda Brainerd. During voir dire, she denied that her debut novel, scheduled to be released a few months after the trial, concerned “predatory older men.” This was a transparent lie, but Brainerd was allowed to remain on the jury. When the state insisted during the appeal hearing that Brainerd had been forthright, one judge replied, “She wasn’t completely candid. At the very least you have to acknowledge that.”
Another issue was the prosecution’s use of so-called Molineux evidence, concerning prior bad acts with which Weinstein was not charged. Use of this type of evidence is generally limited. It risks leading a jury to convict a man because of who he is rather than because he has done what he was charged with. The appellate panel stated that in its use of Molineux evidence the prosecution had chosen to “pile on.”
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He is so repulsive.
Weinstein’s going to Hell. The sooner the better.
Why any woman would go into his room for any reason is stunning! He’s so gross and ugly!
Hollywood has been full of sexual predators since day one.
"Come sit down here beside me, honey.
Let's have a little heart to heart.
Now look at me and tell me, darlin',
how badly do you want this part?
Are you willing to sacrifice?
And are you willing to be real nice?
All your talent and my good taste,
I'd hate to see it go to waste."
“Johnny Fontane ruined one of Woltz International’s most valuable proteges. For three years we had her under contract, singing lessons, dancing lessons, acting lessons. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars. I was gonna make her a big star. And let me be even more frank, just to show you that I’m not a hard-hearted man, that it’s not all dollars and cents. She was beautiful! She was young, she was innocent. She was the greatest piece of ass I’ve ever had, and I’ve had ‘em all over the world. And then Johnny Fontaine comes along with his olive oil voice and guinea charm and she runs off. She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous. And a man in my position can’t afford to be made to look ridiculous. Now you get the hell out of here! And if that goomba tries any rough stuff, you tell him I ain’t no bandleader. Yeah, I heard that story.”
Wolz was the slimiest person in GF1, narrowly beating out Solazzo and that is saying a lot.
And his portrayal in the movie was tame, compared to the novel.
“I don’t care how many guinea Mafia goombahs come out of the woodwork.”
Yeah that movie was made in the early ‘70s, and that scene concerned things that were going on int ‘50s.
Raymond Chandler wrote about the phenomenon. LA was incredibly corrupt, even in the 1920s.
Couldn’t happen to a worthier POS. As I’ve mentioned here before, I knew him, and worked many of his shows, back when he was a concert promoter and nightclub owner in Buffalo, NY. Witnessed first hand some of his slimey bullshit. There are many in WNY who are laughing big at him today.
I missed your earlier comments.
You must have some stories to tell. I had no idea he was from Buffalo.
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