Jurors in the sex-assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein will reconvene for a second day of deliberations.
Jurors in the sex-assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein will reconvene Tuesday morning, one day after deliberating for a second day without reaching a verdict.
Thompson's rebuttal hit back at the defense's closing argument, in which Weinstein's lawyer attempted to throw cold water on frequently emotional testimony from the alleged victims.
Weinstein -- whom Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez had earlier called a "titan of the film industry" -- engaged in "despicable behavior" and made sure that the alleged victims knew he "could destroy them," the prosecutor said Thursday in her closing. The defense attorney ended his closing argument with an attack on the testimony of Siebel Newsom, which he called a "theatrical, overly dramatized performance" that was a "pretty good act" that had "no basis in truth."
Martinez had told jurors earlier in her closing argument that Weinstein used his power to prey on and silence women. She called him a "predator," and said none of the eight women knew each other. Two of the charges -- forcible rape and forcible oral copulation -- stem from the alleged attack on Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker, at his suite at The Peninsula Beverly Hills in September 2005.
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