Mimi Haley remembers repeatedly resisting Harvey Weinstein’s sexual advances in his Manhattan apartment in 2006, when she was a young production assistant. Drawing on her own research, she has routinely testified that memories can be distorted and contaminated — and, in some cases, altogether false. Therapists and academics who believe memory repression is a natural survival technique continue to contest her stance on the phenomenon. With the exception of a few cases, Loftus told The Times, she has always worked for defense teams. But prosecutors could point out in their cross-examination of Loftus that her research could just as well apply to the unreliability of Harvey Weinstein’s memory, experts say.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2020 18:00 UTC