British star Ruth Wilson slammed Hollywood as &#8220;fickle&#8221; and said she&#8217;s found that the entertainment industry has &#8220;no moral backbone,&#8221; noting its hypocrisy when it comes to the #<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/everyone-did-it-harvey-weinsteins-lawyers-says-transactional-sex-with-powerful-men-was-common-before-metoo-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MeToo</a> movement.
The 41-year-old actress admitted it blew her mind how Hollywood initially ignored sexual abuses by disgraced movie producer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-film-producer-harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-16-more-years-for-sex-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvey Weinstein</a> because he knew &#8220;how to get people Oscars,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/06/ruth-wilson-interview-the-second-woman-luther-the-affair">The Guardian</a> recently reported.
&#8220;To see the survival instinct,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;You realize how fickle that industry is. There&#8217;s no moral backbone.&#8221;
She said she would attend meetings at the height of the movement, and &#8220;People were like, &#8216;We&#8217;re going to have a meeting about how badly we&#8217;ve behaved and then we&#8217;ll all be fine.'&#8221;
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&#8220;It made me understand a whole swath of human behavior,&#8221; &#8220;The Affair&#8221; star said. &#8220;So, many people don&#8217;t really believe anything – only what makes them money … They&#8217;re opportunists.&#8221;
&#8220;You see that,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But it makes you sage about what you want, what&#8217;s important.&#8221;
She also slammed the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in what the outlet called the Weinstein-era and said that back then, the whole industry &#8220;was complicit – agents, producers, PR people – in protecting the powerful. #MeToo was significant because it was unraveling that.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there should be any NDAs,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;If there’s a problem, there&#8217;s a problem. It needs to be dealt with, not put under NDA so you can&#8217;t speak about it.&#8221;
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Wilson herself is under an NDA and still refuses to talk about the reason she walked away from the Showtime series &#8220;The Affair&#8221; in 2018 over its alleged &#8220;hostile work environment.&#8221;
At the time, a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/actress-slams-fickle-metoo-movement-calls-hollywood-having-no-moral-backbone">production insider</a> said, &#8220;Over and over again, I witnessed Sarah Treem [showrunner] try to cajole actors to get naked even if they were uncomfortable or not contractually obligated to. It&#8217;s things you would think would be coming out of a man&#8217;s mouth from the 1950s.&#8221;
Treem has maintained she &#8220;would never say those things to an actor&#8221; and has &#8220;always been a feminist.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/times-up-for-times-up-the-list-of-celebrities-who-are-silent-now-that-organizations-proven-a-fraud">Time&#8217;s Up For Time&#8217;s Up: The List Of Celebrities Who Are Silent Now That Organization&#8217;s Proven A Fraud</a>

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Alec Baldwin Pleads Not Guilty
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Aaron Rodgers Ends His Darkness Retreat
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Disgraced Hollywood film producer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein">Harvey Weinstein</a>, 70, was just sentenced to 16 years in prison, making it all but certain that he’ll spend the rest of his life behind bars.
The latest sentencing decision was handed down in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Los Angeles</a> Thursday morning, nearly two months after he was found guilty of three counts of rape and sexual assault, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-los-angeles-prison-term-1235531069/">Variety</a>. Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence in New York following convictions for rape and sexual assault from a 2020 guilty conviction. 
His most recent convictions stem from an accuser referred to as Jane Doe #1, a European model who testified she was raped by Weinstein at Mr. C Hotel after the L.A. Italia Film Festival in 2013. 
Jurors determined Weinstein was guilty of forcible rape and other charges relating to Jane Doe #1, not guilty of sexual battery for Jane Doe #3, and came back with a hung jury for counts related to Jane Doe #2 and California’s first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
Weinstein was also acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by another woman, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-movie-mogul-harvey-weinstein-found-guilty-of-rape-in-los-angeles-trial">reported</a>. Jurors reached the verdict after nearly 41 hours of deliberations over 10 days in December 2022. The film producer pleaded not guilty on all seven counts. He was facing up to 24 additional years in prison.
Meanwhile, Weinstein’s lawyers have been fighting to get their client a new trial and a new jury from his 2020 sex crimes conviction. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/courts">New York’s Court of Appeals</a> agreed to hear Weinstein’s appeal.
Prosecutors argued that Weinstein was a sexual predator who wielded his power over women while the film producer’s defense team countered that the women engaged in “transactional sex” to establish their Hollywood careers and did so willingly. 
Weinstein was originally a kingpin of the entertainment industry and is the co-founder of Miramax. His legend status fell apart in 2017 when more and more women came forward to accuse the producer of sexual misconduct in what would later become the beginning of the #MeToo movement. The story of Weinstein’s rise and downfall was even turned into a movie, “She Said” (2022). 
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To date, more than 100 women have accused Weinstein of various sex crimes. The former entertainment mogul denies that the sexual acts were non-consensual and maintains that his accusers were seeking to advance their positions in the entertainment industry.

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Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek, Reese Witherspoon, and more were quick to voice their support for the #MeToo Hollywood non-profit organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weinstein-accuser-blasts-hollywood-me-too-group-for-focusing-on-left-wing-political-interests-instead-of-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time&#8217;s Up</a> five years ago, but have been absolutely silent now that it&#8217;s collapsed.
Time&#8217;s Up was originally created to fight sexual harassment in the entertainment industry following numerous allegations against Harvey Weinstein. However, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news recently surfaced that the time is up for Time&#8217;s Up</a>, after it announced it was halting operations and the group&#8217;s remaining $1.7 million in funds were being reallocated to a legal defense fund.
The collapse for the group started two years ago when the head of Time&#8217;s Up Tina Tchen and attorney Roberta Kaplan were found to have helped then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo handle sexual harassment allegations brought by accuser Lindsey Boylan and 10 others, The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> reported. The group was also found to remain silent when it came to helping Joe Biden&#8217;s former aide, Tara Reade, in her sexual assault accusations against Biden, the outlet noted. In 2021, the two resigned amid revelations the group was found to be partisan.
But five years ago, things looked very different for the group started by founders Witherspoon and Winfrey, who helped the charity gain huge media attention, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html">Times</a> noted. Stars like Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep, and Emma Watson proudly showed off their &#8220;Time’s Up&#8221; pins at the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/01/07/golden-globes-why-stars-wearing-times-up-pins/1007799001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018 Golden Globes</a> on their black gowns in support of the group, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> noted.
On stage at the Globes, Winfrey warned abusers that &#8220;Their time is up!&#8221; and was greeted by a standing ovation. A year later, celebrities donned black and white &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; <a href="https://www.glamour.com/gallery/golden-globes-2019-times-up-ribbons-red-carpet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ribbons</a> at the 2019 Golden Globes.
However, in 2020 Winfrey walked away from her Apple TV+ documentary that would have highlighted the &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; group citing creative differences, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oprah-winfrey-quits-apple-times-up-documentary-2020-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a> noted. 
In August 2021, co-founder Shonda Rhimes, released a statement showing her support for the group&#8217;s agenda amid allegations about Tchen and Kaplan, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/times-up-metoo-sexual-harassment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NYT</a> noted.
&#8220;The fact that Time&#8217;s Up has become viewed as a receptacle for and the focus of men trying to cover up their obscene behaviors is exhausting to me,&#8221; producer Rhimes shared at the time. &#8220;Saving men, especially predatory men, is not on Time&#8217;s Up agenda.&#8221;
Not long after Tchen and Kaplan&#8217;s resignation, board members Rhimes and Eva Longoria left Time&#8217;s Up, <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/what-does-the-end-of-times-up-mean-for-the-future-of-the-metoo-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue</a> noted. 
&#8220;Time’s Up is ready for new leadership, and we want to move forcefully toward its new iteration,&#8221; a statement from the exiting board members read, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/09/shonda-rhimes-eva-longoria-jurnee-smollett-exit-times-up-board-1234827540/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.
In September 2021, <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/eva-longoria-times-up-1235058259/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Longoria defended the group,</a> but shared that there was more work that needed to be done.
&#8220;It&#8217;s okay to make mistakes in the efforts to topple the patriarchy. Mistakes will be made,&#8221; the actress shared. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean the efforts should stop. We have to continue. We&#8217;ve been under thousands of years of a patriarchal society. It&#8217;s not going to topple in the three years that Time&#8217;s Up has existed. We have so much more work to be done.&#8221;
At that same time, the organization&#8217;s advisory <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-times-up-dissolves-advisory-board-that-had-a-listers-like-natalie-portman-jessica-chastain--others-411984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">board</a> quietly dissolved which included a star-studded list of Hollywood&#8217;s leading ladies; Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain, Laura Dern, Julianne Moore, Janelle Monae, Brie Larson, Tessa Thompson, Padma Lakshmi, America Ferrera, Kerry Washington, Alyssa Milano, and Amy Schumer. 
And all these actresses mentioned connected to the group in some form or another have been absolutely silent since news broke in January about Time&#8217;s Up shutting down operations.
Time&#8217;s Up board member Ashley Judd has remained silent as well about the organization&#8217;s implosion, only sharing in November 2021 that despite the revelations about Tchen and Kaplan, the world needed &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up,&#8221; <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/times-up-ashley-judd-women-in-hollywood-1235118691/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.
&#8220;We still need Time&#8217;s Up, and that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re going down to the studs, taking a look at the mistakes we made, learning from our errors and being completely transparent and accountable in the same way that we demand other organizations be transparent and accountable,&#8221; Judd said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get it right.&#8221;
Judd also promised that Time&#8217;s Up would rise again in 2022.
In January, Judd — one of the last remaining board members — stepped down as Time&#8217;s Up Now and the Time&#8217;s Up Foundation, the two groups that formed what is commonly known as Time&#8217;s Up, shut down, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/times-up-metoo-1ac800e48a96357d7fb29c18848c50d2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AP</a> noted.
During a recent episode of &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Z2G-vPrSQ&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the host asked where are all the stars who spoke out for Time&#8217;s Up now that it&#8217;s collapsed? Because, she said, it went &#8220;partisan&#8221; in the people it supported.
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&#8220;I wanna hear those actresses come out and say they are sorry,&#8221; Kelly stated. &#8220;And that they will fund a new organization that gets back to mission focus of helping anyone whether they are accusing a Democrat or a Republican  who has been harassed at the office. Otherwise they can pound sand.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crisis-point-metoo-organization-times-up-faces-reckoning-following-attempts-to-shield-powerful-men-from-sexual-misconduct-allegations">CRISIS POINT: #MeToo Organization Time&#8217;s Up Faces Reckoning Following Attempts To Shield Powerful Men From Sexual Misconduct Allegations</a>

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Disgraced movie mogul <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/it-will-not-happen-again-disgraced-movie-mogul-harvey-weinstein-forced-to-apologize-for-sneaking-milk-duds-into-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvey Weinstein</a> and his attorneys have filed an appeal in New York City, claiming that a &#8220;carnival atmosphere&#8221; surrounding the 2020 proceedings prevented him from receiving a fair trial.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/next-week-harvey-weinstein-cnns-john-berman-blows-up-over-rudy-giulianis-masked-singer-debut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weinstein</a> attorney Arthur L. Aidala — of Aidala, Bertuna &amp; Kamins — said that despite being found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in New York, his client had never once wavered from maintaining his innocence.
&#8220;The day I met Harvey in 2019 he told me, ‘I was innocent.&#8217; Despite all the negative things that have happened from 2019 to today, the one thing that hasn’t been diminished is his powerful defense of himself and his proclamations of innocence. He has not given up,&#8221; Aidala said in a <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/10/harvey-weinstein-appeals-citing-trials-carnival-atmosphere/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to entertainment outlet Page Six.
Aidala went on to say that Weinstein was actively participating in the appeals process, drafting and approving some of the documents himself even as he awaits sentencing on three separate counts of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles.
The appeal, Aidala explained to Page Six, is really &#8220;a trial of the trial judge,” James Burke, and seeks to determine if he &#8220;ruled fairly and accurately, whether he followed the law in his rulings about what could and couldn’t go into evidence.&#8221;
Aidala <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/harvey-weinstein-appeals-rape-conviction-with-ny-high-court/?_gl=1*qrb81g*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MzQ2MzU2OC4yNzkuMS4xNjczNDYzNTcxLjAuMC4w&amp;_ga=2.71818067.1598016361.1670171891-1931908156.1667952896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed the appeal</a> on Tuesday, which read, &#8220;An unrelenting deluge of publicity, vocal special interest groups, and a morally outraged public, created a carnival atmosphere before and during Weinstein’s trial that deprived him of the judicial serenity and calm to which he was entitled.&#8221;
&#8220;Against this backdrop, Weinstein was stripped of the presumption of innocence and subjected to a process that bore little resemblance to the fair and impartial trial demanded by the Constitution. Put bluntly, the court of public opinion became the court in this case,&#8221; the appeal continued, going on to accuse the judge of giving in &#8220;to the pressure of an influential social movement determined to punish centuries of male misbehavior by setting an example in convicting one man.&#8221;
Weinstein <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/02/24/harvey-weinstein-verdict-jury-convicts-on-two-sex-crimes-charges/?_ga=2.10229045.1639756819.1673392705-1651350589.1665002520&amp;_gl=1*1orhzwq*_ga*MTY1MTM1MDU4OS4xNjY1MDAyNTIw*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MzM5MjcwNC44NS4xLjE2NzMzOTM0NDQuMC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">was convicted</a> in New York — in February of 2020 — of performing oral sex on &#8220;Project Runway&#8221; production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi against her will in 2006 and of raping Jessica Mann in 2013.

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Jurors reached a split verdict Monday in the sexual assault and rape trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles.
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands accused of sexually assaulting five women between 2003 and 2014.
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/Elex_Michaelson">reports</a>, jurors said Weinstein is guilty of forcible rape &amp; other charges relating to Jane Doe 1, not guilty of sexual battery for Jane Doe 3, and a hung jury for counts related to Jane Doe 2 and California’s first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
Weinstein was also acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by another woman, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-verdict-los-angeles-rape-trial-1a3a9db4e4589a9e0fb03214bc01fecf">The Associated Press</a>.
Jurors reached the verdict after nearly 41 hours of deliberations over ten days.
Weinstein pleaded not guilty to all seven charges, which included two counts each of forcible rape, sexual battery by restraint and forcible oral copulation, and one count of sexual penetration by foreign object as reported by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-deliberations-los-angeles-monday/index.html">CNN</a>.
The Associated Press reported that he faces up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced.
“It is time for the defendant’s reign of terror to end,” Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez said in the <a class="paragraph-link" href="https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-los-angeles-08ab20688a4317bf40052ac789fdd071">prosecution’s closing argument</a>. “It is time for the kingmaker to be brought to justice.”
Weinstein was convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act and third-degree rape in 2020. He has denied raping anyone and says all of his sexual encounters were consensual. He was extradited to California last year in anticipation of his second trial, which will feature up to 50 witnesses, says the L.A. County District Attorney’s office.
Earlier this year, a New York Appeals court ruled that Weinstein’s team could argue for another trial or have his conviction dismissed. Weinstein’s lawyers shared various reasons why they believe Weinstein was not given a fair trial and is entitled to a new one, including that they say too many witnesses unrelated to the sexual assault charges were allowed at trial.

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The attorney for former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein slammed California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s wife in court Thursday, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/harvey-weinstein-rape-trial-lawyer-jennifer-siebel-newsom-closing-argument-1235186894/">accusing</a> her of lying about Weinstein in an “overly dramatized” performance.
Alan Jackson, representing Weinstein, asserted that Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who was referred to as “Jane Doe 4” for the case and worked as an actress in films and TV before marrying her husband, had agreed to “consensual, transactional sex” with his client.
“Regret is not the same thing as rape, and it’s important we make that distinction in this courtroom,” Jackson declared.
“I could tell he just needed, he was so determined, just so scary, just all about him and his pleasure, his need for satisfaction, so I just did it to make it stop,” Siebel Newsom had testified in court about Weinstein.
Jackson claimed that Siebel Newsom’s alleged “consensual, transactional sex” with Weinstein conflicted with her belief that she is a “successful, educated, well-bred, refined woman,” <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/harvey-weinstein-defense-closing-argument-rape-trial-1235444318/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported. He also called her testimony a &#8220;theatrical, overly dramatized performance. What you saw was an act. A pretty good act, but it had no basis in truth.”
“It was almost like it was on cue, it was almost like it was rehearsed,” Jackson charged. “Just because she cried the hardest or yelled the loudest, it does not change any of the facts.”
Jackson presented the court with dozens of emails Siebel Newsom had sent to Weinstein after the alleged rape, many of which requested campaign contributions for her husband.
Jackson also contested Siebel Newsom’s testimony that she had occasionally run into Weinstein after the alleged assault and bumped into him at a 2007 film festival, leaving her “triggered.” Jackson presented an email in which Siebel Newsom sought a meeting with Weinstein.
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZAtHWysSIE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 interview</a> with Dave Rubin, actress Rose McGowan, who launched one of the first rape accusations against Weinstein, claimed that Siebel Newsom had attempted to silence her vis-à-vis Weinstein. McGowan stated of Siebel Newsom, “She called me and she set up a meeting with me somewhere in Brentwood. And I actually went, and I like got very like, creeped out. And I saw here where I was supposed to meet her and I looked at her and I turned around and went back into my car and drove away. She wanted to meet me; she reached out to me.”
“This is about six months before The New York Times article on Weinstein that I set up broke,” McGowan continued. “And she called me on behalf of a Theranos board member, the long-time lawyer for Hillary and Bill Clinton and Weinstein, one David Boies. So this woman I don’t know, some blonde lady, cold-calls me, and is like, ‘David Boies wants to know what it would take to make you happy.’”
A spokesperson for Siebel Newsom <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rose-mcgowan-larry-elder-gavin-newsom-wife-silence-harvey-weinstein-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> McGowan&#8217;s claims were a &#8220;complete fabrication.”
“Jennifer Siebel may be waiting for her big break in Hollywood, but in the hothouse world of San Francisco politics, she has already been cast — as Mayor Gavin Newsom’s leading lady,” the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Girlfriend-uninterrupted-Actress-Jennifer-2611668.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in 2007.

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Weinstein Lawyer Slams Gavin Newsom’s Wife, Calls Tryst With Hollywood Mogul ‘Consensual, Transactional’

Weinstein Lawyer Slams Gavin Newsom's Wife, Calls Tryst With Hollywood Mogul 'Consensual, Transactional'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, took the stand Monday at the trial of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein after going public last month accusing him of allegedly raping her nearly 20 years ago.
Siebel Newsom, who became the fourth woman accusing Weinstein of sexual assault, cried during her testimony in the downtown Los Angeles courtroom when asked to identify if the movie magnate was the person she met at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005.
&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Siebel Newsom said, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jennifer-siebel-newsom-harvey-weinstein-trial-d0734d92451b5f25ca3788a14957bae4">The Associated Press.</a> &#8220;He&#8217;s wearing a suit and a blue tie, and he&#8217;s staring at me.&#8221;
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands accused of sexually assaulting five women between 2003 and 2014.
During the trial&#8217;s opening statements, Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson said that Siebel Newsom was &#8220;a powerless actor trying to make her way in Hollywood&#8221; when Weinstein allegedly raped her at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2005.
Siebel Newsom said, &#8220;it felt like the red sea was parting&#8221; when Weinstein approached her in the hotel lobby during her testimony.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it was deference or fear,&#8221; she said, adding the Hollywood producer was &#8220;the kingmaker&#8221; during that time. &#8220;I felt a bit intimidated. He was charming — he treated me initially like he was really curious about me. Maybe flattered is how I felt?&#8221;
Siebel Newsom would later meet up with a friend at the hotel bar, where she thought Weinstein took a &#8220;genuine interest&#8221; in her work.
Before going public, Siebel Newsom identified herself as Jane Doe #4 in court documents, one of the five accusers.
According to the indictment, accuser number four has said Weinstein forcibly raped her in an incident sometime between September 2004 and September 2005. Allegations from the other accusers have resulted in Weinstein being charged with ten other counts, including forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible rape, and sexual battery by restraint.
However, one week after Siebel Newsom came forward with her allegations against Weinstein, an email exchange between the two could prove the two engaged in &#8220;consensual sex.&#8221;
Los Angeles Judge Lisa Lench ruled Monday that Weinstein&#8217;s defense lawyers have grounds to question Siebel Newsom about an email exchange with the former movie mogul in 2007 in which she allegedly asked for advice after accusing him of sexual assault and rape on how to deal with a scandal involving her soon-to-be husband and California&#8217;s future governor.
The scandal allegedly involved Governor Newsom, who was San Francisco&#8217;s Mayor in 2005, and an aide during his term, Deadline reports.
Lench said the defense could not discuss the underlying issue behind the email, calling it &#8220;too tangential in relation to this trial.&#8221;
Mark Werksman, a defense lawyer for Weinstein, told the court Monday that Siebel Newsom contacting Weinstein for &#8220;advice&#8221; would indicate the two had a &#8220;friendship and companionship.&#8221;
&#8220;Of all things you&#8217;d think a woman that is raped by Harvey Weinstein wouldn&#8217;t do, it&#8217;s [ask him] how to deal with a sex scandal,&#8221; Werksman said, adding the defense will be that they had an affair, that they had consensual sex.
Werksman&#8217;s told jurors during his opening statements last month that Siebel Newsom is &#8220;a very prominent citizen of California&#8221; who has made herself &#8220;a prominent victim in the #MeToo movement,&#8221; according to The Associated Press.
&#8220;Otherwise,&#8221; Werksman said, &#8220;she&#8217;d be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.&#8221;
Weinstein was<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-harvey-weinstein-convicted-on-two-of-five-charges-acquitted-of-most-serious-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act</a> and third-degree rape in 2020. He has denied raping anyone and says all of his sexual encounters were consensual. He was extradited to California last year in anticipation of his second trial, which will feature up to 50 witnesses, says the L.A. County District Attorney’s office.
Earlier this year, a New York Appeals court ruled that Weinstein’s team could argue for another trial or have his conviction dismissed. Weinstein’s lawyers shared various reasons why they believe Weinstein was not given a fair trial and is entitled to a new one, including that they say too many witnesses unrelated to the sexual assault charges were allowed at trial.
“Weinstein’s trial was overwhelmed by excessive, random, and highly dubious prior bad act evidence, none of which shed light on disputed issues relevant to the charged offenses,” Weinstein’s lawyers wrote.

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‘I Felt A Bit Intimidated:’ Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies At Harvey Weinstein Trial

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies At Harvey Weinstein Trial

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvey Weinstein</a>’s defense lawyers told the jury that their client behaved in a manner that was accepted at the time before the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/metoo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MeToo</a> movement changed everything.
Weinstein’s second <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual assault</a> trial began this week in Los Angeles, with eight women ready to testify against the former Hollywood producer. But Weinstein’s attorneys say the women were willing participants in those sexual acts because they stood to gain from them, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/weinstein-lawyers-metoo-jennifer-siebel-newsom-bimbo-1235413157/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>.
“Look at my client,” attorney Mark Werksman said to the jury. “He’s not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Do you think these beautiful women had sex with him because he’s hot? No, it’s because he’s powerful.”
Werksman admitted that Hollywood is different now, but at the time the alleged incidents occurred, “transactional sex” was used and accepted in the industry. “Sex was a commodity” for “rich and powerful men, like my client,” he continued, referencing the infamous “casting couch” where the sexual acts took place.
“Transactional sex … it may have been unpleasant … and now embarrassing,” Werksman continued. “[But] everyone did it. He did it. They did it.”
“The sequel to the casting couch is the #MeToo trial,” the attorney said. “They will play the part of the damsel in distress with this beast. They have to lie to themselves, to you, to this court.&#8221;
&#8220;Their hypocrisy will be on full display,&#8221; he added. 
Meanwhile, the prosecution had earlier described Weinstein as a predator who sexually assaulted women against their will. The prosecution’s opening statement included quotes from women who claim the producer forced them to participate in oral sex plus groped, fondled, and raped them, then threatened retaliation if they spoke up.
Werksman said since the alleged abuse happened so long ago, it will come down to the jury deciding who to believe.
“With tremendous fame and fortune came fame of fortune seekers,” Weinstein’s defense said. He reiterated that the accusers all engaged in “consensual sex with Mr. Weinstein because they wanted to exploit their connection with Mr. Weinstein” and knew they were having “sex in exchange for something with value.”
Werksman focused on one of the accusers, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. The attorney called her a “prominent figure of the #MeToo movement” who had consensual sex with Weinstein and later called it rape. 
The defense used Weinstein’s campaign contributions as proof of his version of events. “She brought her husband to meet and party with her rapist. Who does that?” Werksman said. “He took money from his wife’s rapist for his political campaigns.”
Finally, the attorney said if Siebel Newsom wasn’t married to the governor, “she’d be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead.”

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‘Everyone Did It’: Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyers Says ‘Transactional Sex’ With Powerful Men Was Common Before MeToo Movement

Harvey Weinstein's Lawyers Says 'Transactional Sex' With Powerful Men Was Common Before MeToo Movement

One week after California Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom&#8217;s</a> wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, went public accusing disgraced Hollywood mogul <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvey Weinstein</a> of allegedly raping her nearly 20 years ago, an email exchange between the two could prove the two engaged in &#8220;consensual sex.”
Los Angeles Judge Lisa Lench ruled Monday that Weinstein&#8217;s defense lawyers have grounds to question Siebel Newsom about an email exchange with the former movie mogul in 2007 in which she allegedly asked for advice after accusing him of sexual assault and rape on how to deal with a scandal involving her soon-to-be husband and California&#8217;s future governor. The scandal allegedly involved Governor Newsom, who was San Francisco&#8217;s Mayor in 2005, and an aide during his term, Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/10/harvey-weinstein-jennifer-siebel-newsom-rape-trial-testimony-obama-1235147490/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.
However, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-california-los-angeles-san-francisco-2b38873950bdae3e649be8fa6aa0838f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> Lench said the defense could not discuss the underlying issue behind the email, calling it &#8220;too tangential in relation to this trial.&#8221;
Mark Werksman, a defense lawyer for Weinstein, told the court Monday that Siebel Newsom contacting Weinstein for &#8220;advice&#8221; would indicate the two had a &#8220;friendship and companionship.&#8221;
&#8220;Of all things you&#8217;d think a woman that is raped by Harvey Weinstein wouldn&#8217;t do, it&#8217;s [ask him] how to deal with a sex scandal,&#8221; Werksman said, adding the defense will be that they had an affair, that they had consensual sex.
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands accused of sexually assaulting five women between 2003 and 2014.
Siebel Newsom is one of the accusers who will appear in court, a lawyer for Newsom told The Los Angeles Times.
Before going public, Siebel Newsom identified herself as one of the five accusers, as Jane Doe #4, in court documents.
According to the indictment, accuser number four has said Weinstein forcibly raped her in an incident sometime between September 2004 and September 2005. Allegations from the other accusers have resulted in Weinstein being charged with 10 other counts, including forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible rape, and sexual battery by restraint.
Beth Fegan, attorney for Jennifer Siebel Newsom, told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/harvey-weinsteins-defense-team-secures-win-use-email-california-governor-newsoms-wife-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Digital</a> that her client &#8220;intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life&#8217;s work to improve the lives of women.&#8221;
&#8220;Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,&#8221; Fegan said, adding, “Please respect her choice to not discuss this matter outside of the courtroom.”
The jury selection for Weinstein&#8217;s trial began Monday and is expected to last until late October.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein">Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s</a> lawyer is not thrilled with the conditions of his client’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prison">holding cell</a> where he’s awaiting trial.
The disgraced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> film producer is currently standing trial in Los Angeles for several sex crime charges revealed five years ago during the height of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/metoo">#MeToo</a> movement. Weinstein’s lawyer, Mark Werksman, told the judge Tuesday that his client’s accommodations were unacceptable and that he didn’t even have a place to use the bathroom.
“It’s almost medieval, the conditions,” Werksman said, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/harvey-weinstein-lawyers-claim-he-faces-almost-medieval-conditions-in-cell/">according</a> to The New York Post. “He’s 70 years old. I’m worried about him surviving this ordeal without a heart attack or stroke.”
The lawyer described the cell as “unhygienic” and said Weinstein was left alone for three to four hours in his wheelchair in the “unsanitary, fetid” holding cell before being transported back to jail.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench said she would look into the matter but didn’t promise any changes. “I’m not minimizing it, I’m just not sure there’s a lot to be done,” she said. Judge Lench also said the claim that there wasn’t an available toilet was a falsehood.
“He’s not deprived of a toilet, there is a toilet in the cell,” the judge said. “I’m not going to let the record reflect that he’s deprived of a toilet.”
Werksman conceded that was true but fought back saying the toilet was, “unhygienic, it is virtually unusable, it is medieval.”
Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York in February 2020 and was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault">sentenced</a> to 23 years in prison. He is currently appealing that guilty verdict. The former producer has had multiple medical issues in recent months, including contracting COVID and being hospitalized with chest pain. 
In September, he pleaded with the judge for leniency so he could deal with “painful” rotting molars by visiting the dentist.
“This situation is an emergency,” Weinstein said in September, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-in-pain-every-day-disgraced-producer-harvey-weinstein-begs-judge-to-let-him-get-rotting-teeth-fixed">reported</a>. “I will pay for the dentist … it will be one trip and one trip only.”
“I’m in pain every day. I have cavities and I can’t eat because I’m missing teeth,” the former Hollywood executive explained. Weinstein said he wanted to get a bridge or dental implants so he could appear “presentable” in the future, especially during his appeal.
Werksman also argued on his client’s behalf, saying Weinstein would look “ridiculous” and “like a caricature” if the molars were removed and not replaced.

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Harvey Weinstein's Lawyer Describes Holding Cell As 'Almost Medieval' And 'Unsanitary'

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Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom&#8217;s</a> wife will testify against disgraced movie mogul <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvey Weinstein</a> in his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> rape trial, according to a report.
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvey-weinstein-granted-appeal-in-rape-conviction-by-new-york-judge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of sexually assaulting five women</a> between 2003 and 2014. Jennifer Seibel Newsom is one of the accusers who will appear in court, a lawyer for Newsom <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-10/harvey-weinstein-la-trial-accusers-jennifer-siebel-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Los Angeles Times.
“Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap. She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women,” said Elizabeth Fegan, Jennifer Seibel Newsom&#8217;s attorney. “Please respect her choice to not further discuss this matter outside of the courtroom.”
After <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> published a report on Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s predatory behavior &#8212; a report that helped launch the #MeToo movement &#8212; Newsom came forward and alleged she had a similar experience with Weinstein. She did not provide details at the time. However, three sources told The Los Angeles Times that she is accuser number four in the 2021 criminal indictment.
Accuser number four has said Weinstein forcibly raped her in an incident sometime between September 2004 and September 2005, according to the indictment. Allegations from the other accusers have resulted in Weinstein being charged with ten other counts, including forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible rape, and sexual battery by restraint.
Weinstein was<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-harvey-weinstein-convicted-on-two-of-five-charges-acquitted-of-most-serious-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act</a> and third-degree rape in 2020. He has denied raping anyone and says all of his sexual encounters were consensual. He was extradited to California last year in anticipation of his second trial, which will feature up to 50 witnesses, says the L.A. County District Attorney&#8217;s office.
Jury selection for the trial began Monday and is expected to last until late October.
Earlier this year, a New York Appeals court ruled that Weinstein&#8217;s team could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvey-weinstein-granted-appeal-in-rape-conviction-by-new-york-judge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argue for another trial</a> or have his conviction dismissed. Weinstein’s lawyers shared various reasons why they believe Weinstein was not given a fair trial and is entitled to a new one, including that they say too many witnesses unrelated to the sexual assault charges were allowed at trial.
“Weinstein’s trial was overwhelmed by excessive, random, and highly dubious prior bad act evidence, none of which shed light on disputed issues relevant to the charged offenses,” Weinstein’s lawyers wrote.

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