Mr. Weinstein’s lawyers relied on his accuser’s own words to attempt to discredit her account, painstakingly going over dozens of emails and other electronic communications between the witness, Jessica Mann, and Mr. Weinstein over several years. Under cross-examination for a third day, Ms. Mann acknowledged that she had reached out to Mr. Weinstein several times after the encounter in 2013 when, she said, he sexually assaulted her. Her last sexual encounter with him was in late 2016, around the time his mother died, she said. But while she acknowledged their complex on-again-off-again relationship, Ms. Mann was unwavering in testifying that he had overpowered her and raped her at a Manhattan hotel in March 2013. “I want the jury to know that he is my rapist,” she said.

Source: New York Times February 04, 2020 21:22 UTC