Ep. 17 | The Master Of His Universe
The Harvey Weinstein Trial: Unfiltered
The Unreported Story Society
4.2 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The prosecution lashes into Harvey Weinstein in their closing arguments. Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Osborn describes him as "Master of His Universe" with all the "hallmarks of a predator," 'The universe is run by me and they don't get to complain when they get stepped on, spit on, demoralized and, yes, raped and abused by me - the king," she said claiming this was Weinstein's thinking. But has she produced enough evidence for the prosecution to find him guilty? Listen to the podcast to make up your own mind. The jury will decide soon.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Anne Mecklehaney and I'm Phila Meckleier. |
| 0:02.4 | Welcome to Day 17 of the Harvey Weinstein trial on Filtered. |
| 0:05.6 | A daily podcast re-enactments of the most dramatic moments of verbatim testimony |
| 0:10.4 | from the trial of Harvey Weinstein. |
| 0:12.3 | But first, let's remind you what the trial is all about. |
| 0:15.0 | In a case that basically launched the Me Too Movement, |
| 0:18.0 | movie producer Harvey Weinstein, faces two charges of rape and one of a criminal sex act containing two separate women. |
| 0:27.0 | He also faces charges of predatory sexual assault which carry a possible life sentences. And those charges involve four other women, |
| 0:35.5 | and it's complicated. |
| 0:37.3 | The jury will not be asked to judge |
| 0:39.6 | on the innocence or guilt of the four women. They're only going to be asked to judge on the innocence or guilt of the four women. |
| 0:43.0 | They're only going to be asked to judge on the innocence, the guilt of the two women, |
| 0:46.6 | but if they do find him to be guilty of all the charges, |
| 0:49.2 | then he faces a predatory sexual assault charge. |
| 0:51.6 | So the trial is coming to an end, and today it was the turn of the prosecution |
| 0:55.5 | and Jonah Lucy Orban to give the closing arguments for the people. |
| 0:59.4 | She's a long time prosecutor and famously you know she led and ultimately abandoned the sex |
| 1:05.2 | assault probe against former IMF chief Dominic Strauss can and she's also worked for |
| 1:10.1 | the district attorney's office for almost 30 years on many major cases including winning a conviction |
| 1:14.7 | in the very notorious and awful decades old case of a missing child called E10 Pass. |
| 1:20.3 | A lot of people remember that story. He was the child. I think he was the first child whose |
| 1:24.8 | face was put on a milk carton across the United States. |
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