Not bad
Posted on 10/26/2022 9:50:16 PM PDT by bitt
The convicted rapist’s defense team went hard in its opening statements and included taking shots at accuser Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
LOS ANGELES—In what was poised to serve as a fresh blow at violent male predators, prosecutors on Monday argued that convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted several women and used his power to ensure their silence.
But the legal team of the disgraced Hollywood titan did not hold back in their own attack—insisting during their opening statements in the latest criminal trial against Weinstein that his accusers were merely “playing the damsel in distress.”
Defense attorney Mark Werksman wasted no time insisting to the jury that the women set to testify against Weinstein were liars, insisting that two of them had made up encounters and the other two had “transactional sex” with him.
Weinstein, 70, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges against him, including rape and sexual assault, after allegedly using his power in the entertainment industry to lure and abuse five women in Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 140 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Monday that former actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom was one of five Jane Does whose allegations factor into the criminal case and that she was expected to testify against Weinstein after he allegedly raped her in 2oo4 or 2005.
Werksman argued Monday that Weinstein’s relationship with Siebel Newson was consensual, before stating that if she wasn’t married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, “she’d be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.”
The brutal opening statements came hours after the formidable producer was wheeled into the Los Angeles Superior courtroom on Monday, where he thanked the court deputy who helped him to the defense table before prosecutors launched their opening statements. Weinstein, who was wearing a navy suit and glasses, occasionally looked at Gloria Allred, a lawyer representing several of his accusers, who was sitting in the gallery.
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This one won’t end well for ole’ Harv.
She’s just Newsome’s beard?
Bimbos are someones who helped to make America great.
Not bad
Jennifer Lawrence should testify for Harvey Weinstein. He made her into a huge star, and she was willing. She got great, roles, in movies with the most disturbing content, one called, “Mother”. Not too much about her, anymore, but I don’t have cable any longer.
Molested???
Or just a bunch of grown women that willingly traded themselves for a shot at the big screen?
The man is uglier than man made sin, they knew what they were doing.
A very old defense. As old as Hillary and that Snakehead guy. Nuts and sluts. After money. Drag $100 through a trailer park. Bimbo eruptions.
Gavin is too busy between cheating on her and staring into the mirror to care.
Jennifer Lawrence had her encounter with Harvey as did rumored sex addict Gwyneth Paltrow. Both ‘won’ their Oscars for Harvey Weinstein movies.
https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/jennifer-lawrence
Yep, probably a bearded bimbo all the way.
Newsome is too in love with himself to care much.
Gloria Allred is a legal bimbo. I thought she was after Herschel Walker this time.
Weinstein’s defense team should consult with Hillary Clinton, head of Bill’s “Bimbo Eruption” unit.
“Quick, ‘fow dat gal a cheeseburger!”
Poor chick looks anorexic.
2004? or 2005?
ANY WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN RAPED KNOWS WHEN IT HAPPENED.
EVEN when it happened 62 years ago.
Wonder if Harvey Weinstein now thinks the prison time was worth getting his bone cracked.
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