Jessica Mann, 34, began weeping uncontrollably as she read the May 2014 email aloud under cross-examination by one of Weinstein’s lawyers, Donna Rotunno. Film producer Harvey Weinstein leaves at New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. -ReutersSince 2017, more than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Earlier in Mann’s cross-examination, Rotunno repeatedly suggested that Mann willingly had sex with Weinstein to advance her career. “Your worst nightmare, Jessica, in your words, was not the fact that you had just been taken against your will in a hotel,” Rotunno said.

Source: New Strait Times February 04, 2020 01:30 UTC