Weinstein Accuser Put on Blast by Ex-Friend in Wild Sideshow
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers on Wednesday managed to throw a wrench, if only briefly, into the latest criminal trial against the disgraced movie titan and convicted rapist by showcasing an ugly dispute between a woman accusing him of assault and her former friend.
In essence, a woman who prosecutors planned to call to corroborate a former actress’ allegations that Weinstein sexually assaulted her refuses to take the stand—because she claims the accuser and her husband stole thousands of dollars from her.
The strange twist came before the jurors were brought into the courtroom on Wednesday in the second week of the trial in which Weinstein is accused of sexually assaulting five Los Angeles women between 2003 and 2014.