NEW YORK: Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape trial are expected to wrap up their case on Thursday then lawyers for the former producer will begin to call defense witnesses. Weinstein, 67, has pleaded not guilty to raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann and to sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi. Witness Jessica Mann arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court to testify in the trial of Harvey Weinstein in New York. Mann testified that Weinstein raped her in 2013 in the course of a years-long relationship and Haleyi said that he forced oral sex on her in his Manhattan home in 2006. Actress Annabella Sciorra testified that Weinstein violently raped her in her own home in 1993 or 1994.

Source: New Strait Times February 06, 2020 10:52 UTC