Harvey Weinstein jury wrestles with evidence of his contact with accusers
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Jurors wanted to re-read Miriam Haley’s testimony and asked to see Weinstein and Haley’s emails on day two of deliberations
The jury at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York is wrestling with one of the most fiercely contested aspects of the case – the contact the disgraced movie mogul maintained with his accusers even after he allegedly sexually assaulted them.
As the jury entered the second day of their deliberations at the New York supreme court in Manhattan on Wednesday, the five women and seven men sent a note to the judge asking to see key evidence relating to Miriam Haley, a former Project Runway assistant producer. They want to be re-read Haley’s testimony relating to when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by Weinstein in July 2006 as well as a second encounter in which she had sex with him in a Beverly Hills hotel about two weeks later. Continue reading...
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