Newly rolled-up process: starting uptoyers in the Weinstein process

After choosing the jury, the new edition of the historical process against the former filmmogul Harvey Weinstein because of sexual crimes with the opening plea.

Weinstein used “dream chances as weapons”, said the deputy prosecutor Shannon Lucy, according to media reports, said in New York. The 73-year-old Weinstein had been driven into the courtroom in a wheelchair.

Previously, searched for a jury for more than a week and finally seven women and five men from a pool of almost 300 people were selected. There are also six replacement jurors.

Completed guilty verdict – re -rolled up process

The historical guilt for rape and sexual coercion from 2020 had been collected last year due to procedural errors. A series of allegations for serious sexual attacks against Weinstein had significantly got the worldwide metoo movement rolling in 2017. In another process in California, Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2023.

As now, the allegations of two women were at the center of the New York process: Weinstein was said to have forced the production assistant Mimi Haleyi for oral sex in 2006 and raped the actress Jessica Mann in 2013. The new edition is now also about another case.

Weinstein rejects allegations

The procedure could extend over five weeks. Weinstein has always rejected any guilt. His lawyers emphasize that the sexual contacts were mutually acceptable.

Weinstein can spend the night in the hospital during the current process. This was decided by a judge in New York last week after the 73-year-old’s defense made a corresponding application. Weinstein suffers from numerous health problems.