Ep. 11 | "This is what all actresses do to make it."
The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered
The Unreported Story Society
4.2 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The final accuser of Harvey Weinstein testified in court today. Her name is Lauren Young and she is one of the witnesses testifying so the prosecution can show a history of predatory sexual abuses. Young alleges that in 2013 she was enticed into his hotel room by a woman she thought was her friend and that Weinstein then cornered her in a bathroom before sexually assaulting her. Weinstein allegedly said: “How am I going to know if you can act?” and “This is what all actresses do to make it.” According to Young, she thought she was visiting Weinstein to discuss a script and followed him to a hotel room upstairs because he said he had to get ready for an awards event involving Quentin Tarantino.
Ms Young also made bizarre claims about Harvey Weinstein's genitalia. One witness said the movie producer was intersex whilst Ms. Young said he appeared to be deformed. The jury were required to look at drawing she did of Mr Weinstein's genitalia.
Harvey Weinstein denies all the charges.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Anne Mackelhenney, and I'm Phoelema Mackelier. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome to Day 11 of the Harvey Weinstein Trial Unfiltered, a daily podcast using |
| 0:08.8 | reenactments of the most dramatic moments of verbatim testimony from the trial. |
| 0:13.2 | But first let's just remind you of what the trial is all about. |
| 0:16.2 | In a case that basically launched the Me Too Movement, movie producer Harvey Weinstein |
| 0:20.8 | faces two charges of rape and one of a criminal sex act concerning two separate women. |
| 0:26.7 | He also faces charges of predatory sexual assault which carry a possible life sentence. |
| 0:32.1 | Now the charges of predatory sexual assault, he's not being charged with specific acts. |
| 0:37.0 | There are four witnesses who claim he was sexually assaulting them and these come under the predatory sexual assault umbrella. |
| 0:44.0 | But although it carries a possible life sentence, the jury has not been asked to determine guilt or innocence on each of these charges. |
| 0:51.0 | So today we heard from Lauren Young one of these predatory |
| 0:54.7 | sexual assault witnesses who'd been called in to testify. So Lauren Young is a |
| 0:58.9 | young woman. She's 30. She lives in Pennsylvania and she is one of the two accusers by the way in a sexual |
| 1:04.3 | assault case brought against Weinstein in Los Angeles. |
| 1:07.4 | The Los Angeles charges were announced on the very day the case opened actually in |
| 1:10.6 | Manhattan. |
| 1:11.6 | So prosecution lawyer Megan Hast questioned Miss Young, who has been |
| 1:15.3 | modeling since she was a teenager, then moved to New York City and later to Los Angeles to continue her career. |
| 1:20.0 | So we're going to take this from when the model moved from New York City to Los Angeles. |
| 1:24.6 | So let's hear that now. |
| 1:25.6 | That's assistant district attorney Megan Haas questioning Lauren Young and this is |
| 1:30.0 | reenacted by actors using verbatim testimony. |
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