Ep. 12 | The Sex Addict?
The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered
The Unreported Story Society
4.2 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The Defense calls for a dismissal of all the charges as the Prosecution rests. The judge is less than impressed. A defense witness talks about a "dog pile of actresses" and claims a friend who claimed rape had actually told him about a consensual encounter. Hear the same witness defend Harvey Weinstein and how the work he did that justified a $50 thousand check from the Weinstein Company.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Anne Michaelhaney. And I'm Phoeleer and welcome to Day 12 of the Harvey Weinstein trial |
| 0:06.0 | unfilted, a daily podcast using reenactments of the most dramatic moments of her |
| 0:13.7 | her badeum testimony from this day's trial. But first let's remind everyone of what this |
| 0:14.8 | trial is all about. This is a case that basically launched the Me Too movement. |
| 0:18.4 | Movie producer Harvey Weinstein faces two |
| 0:23.7 | charges of rape and one of a criminal sex act concerning two separate women. |
| 0:24.5 | He also faces charges of predatory sexual assault which carry a possible life |
| 0:28.2 | sentence. So today was a big day. The prosecution rested its kiss. |
| 0:32.0 | That's it. They have bid their case. |
| 0:34.4 | They've called all their accusing witnesses, all the backup witnesses, |
| 0:38.6 | produced all their evidence, all their exhibits, and now it's up to the defense and the first thing the defense did was to ask for a dismissal of all charges |
| 0:47.6 | They also said there should be a mistrial |
| 0:51.2 | Basically they threw everything at the wall hoping something would stick. |
| 0:54.1 | Let's hear what they put to the judge after the prosecution case rested. And this is |
| 0:59.5 | Damon Sharonus and Joan Rotono, Harvey Weinstein's chief defense lawyers asking |
| 1:05.2 | Judge Jamesburg for a dismissal of all charges. These lines are read by |
| 1:10.1 | actors but they are actual forbidden testimony from the court. |
| 1:14.7 | That's fine. Any motion at the end of the people's case? Yes, Judge. |
| 1:21.4 | I am making a trial order of dismissal at the close of the People's case. |
| 1:25.6 | Judge, specifically with regard to Jessica Mann and the alleged incident that happened in March |
| 1:29.9 | of 2013 in a New York hotel room. |
| 1:32.8 | Judge, the evidence elicited from Ms. Mann |
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