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He wasn't so "frail" while he was raping countless women.
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Harvey Weinstein limps into Manhattan courtroom ahead of long-anticipated sex assault trial
By Molly Crane-Newman
New York Daily News
Jan 06, 2020 | 9:21 AM

A frail Harvey Weinstein arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday leaning on a walker and needing help getting up stairs. The perv producer was pale and flanked by his legal team as roughly 20 protesters holding signs reading “Believe Survivors” and “Justice for Survivors" watched him shuffle into the courthouse.

“Thank god your mother is not here to see this,” one protester hollered at Weinstein, who was forced to use the walker after undergoing back surgery recently, according to his lawyers.

The disgraced film producer ignored questions from dozens of reporters as he shuffled toward Justice James Burke’s 13th-floor courtroom for last-minute legal arguments ahead of Tuesday’s kickoff to a trial expected to last as long as eight weeks and bring in journalists and film stars from all over the world. ...

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Harvey Weinstein Trial Judge Tells Defense to ‘Leave the Witnesses Alone’ in Public Statements
“It’s going to be hard enough to get a fair and impartial jury,” Judge James Burke says in courtroom
J. Clara Chan | January 6, 2020 @ 8:08 AM Last Updated: January 6, 2020 @ 8:29 AM

An hour into the first day of Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial in New York City, Judge James Burke weighed in on the contentious issue of the media comments by the former mogul’s defense team.

Though Burke ultimately denied prosecutor Joan Illuzi-Orbon’s request to preclude the defense from speaking about the case outside the courtroom, Burke told them to “leave the witnesses alone.” ...

The exchange was the highlight in the brief courtroom session marking the start of Weinstein’s criminal trial. The former Hollywood producer, who pleaded not guilty at his first indictment in August, faces five felony counts: two counts of predatory sexual assault, one count of first-degree criminal sexual assault, one count of first-degree rape and one count of third-degree ... The Wrap
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Los Angeles Prosecutors to Charge Harvey Weinstein With Sex Assaults of Women
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Updated 16 mins ago   

The Los Angeles County District Attorney is expected to file criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein in connection with at least two instances in which the producer sexually assaulted women, sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The Los Angeles news conference announcing the charges comes on the same day that Weinstein and several of the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct converged at a New York City courthouse where a judge and his lawyers handled the final preparations for his trial there on charges of rape and assault. ...
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Woman Alleges Harvey Weinstein Raped Her and 'Threatened Her Life' If She Told Anyone: Docs
The accusation is spelled out by prosecutors in new charges filed in California against Harvey Weinstein
By Jeff Truesdell January 06, 2020 06:42 PM

A woman who alleges she was raped in 2013 by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in her hotel room following a Hollywood film festival says she delayed telling anyone because he “threatened her life” if she did, according to newly released documents.

The allegation, and the unnamed woman’s response to it, both are detailed in paperwork filed Monday in Los Angeles County, where the prosecutor announced four new felony sexual assault charges involving two alleged victims on the same day Weinstein went to trial in New York on unrelated sexual assault claims. ... More at People magazine
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The walker was a nice theatrical touch.   
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The walker was a nice theatrical touch.

But does he have to appear like he's slept in that suit and shirt for a week?   

Like all on the Left....they always overplay their hand.  He looks like the epitome of a Dirty Old Man.
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Somebody splain something to me.  Is there any actual evidence of sexual assault by him,or is the court supposed to take the word of random women over a 20-30 year period,none of whom seemed concerned enough at the time to report it?
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Poor Harv just can't cut a break.More

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And HOW can CALIFORNIA prosecutors put him on trial in NYC for crimes alleged to have happened in California? Are they California prosecutors,or NYC prosecutors?

And finally,is there ANY chance this whole thing is a setup to have Weinstein turn states witness to give testimony against Trump in exchange for immunity? Is that even remotely possible?
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I suspect he committed crimes in both jurisdictions.
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I suspect he committed crimes in both jurisdictions.

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I suspect you are right,but I still don't see how they have ANY evidence at all that will stand up in court and get a conviction.
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The walker was a nice theatrical touch.

Reminds me of Ted Kennedy showing up at Mary Jo Kopechne's funeral in a neck brace.

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Somebody splain something to me.  Is there any actual evidence of sexual assault by him,or is the court supposed to take the word of random women over a 20-30 year period,none of whom seemed concerned enough at the time to report it?

All I can say, is that the thought of him with a naked Salma Hayek makes me want to vomit.   ...and scream!    ...with envy!
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The walker was a nice theatrical touch.

I know, right? Very weak, rumpled, diminutive... An accidental affectation, no doubt...

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The walker was a nice theatrical touch.
I'll bet if some young, nubile thing cast a come on glance at the old perv, the walker would go flying, and Harvey would set a record  in the twenty yard grab and grope.

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Somebody PLEASE splain this to me,ok?

WHY are we taking the side of hot young women who CHOSE to hump Jabba the Hut in exchange for a movie role?

Was it not a mutual choice? Did they NOT have the right to say "No",and walk out?

They were NOT raped. They CHOSE to prostitute themselves for movie roles,and only decided to complain about it decades later,when they were already multi-millionaires from those roles,and the phones have stopped ringing.

AND......,for every actor or actress (yes,homo directors hit on male actors,too) that chose to drop to their knees,there were an unknown number that said "No" and either got the role anyhow,or walked out. Truth to tell,these directors lust after money more than they do "power sex" with a wannabe actress or actor,so they will hire them anyhow if they think there is money to be made from it,and NOT hire them if they think the actress or actor WON'T make any money for them.

NOBODY forced them to put out. That was THEIR choice.
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Did they NOT have the right to say "No",and walk out?
That may not have been the case for all of them.
 I admit, I have a problem with women coming forward years after the incident. There should be a statute of limitations on these crimes, just like most other crimes.
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That may not have been the case for all of them.
 I admit, I have a problem with women coming forward years after the incident. There should be a statute of limitations on these crimes, just like most other crimes.

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I freely admit I am not up to date on Hollywood social customs,but someone needs to ask "How many of these women refused to work with him or his company after the alleged rapes took place?"

I am guessing that is a VERY small number.

Also,WHY is nobody in the media speculating about homosexual rapes of actors/actresses by homosexual directors,talent agents,and other studio execs?

I read an article decades ago about a famous male porn actor (can't remember who at this late date) who said in the interview in the mainstream magazine that he got into porn because he got tired of all the homosexual casting directors and other mainstream Hollywood movies hitting on him and telling him they would get him jobs if he would have sex with them.

Do NOT hold your breath waiting for the left to start shrieking and pulling their hair out over "homosexual casting couches"/rapes.

Then again,I am probably wrong. We all know there are no homosexuals in show biz,right?
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That may not have been the case for all of them.
 I admit, I have a problem with women coming forward years after the incident. There should be a statute of limitations on these crimes, just like most other crimes.

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I have no doubt some did,and as a result gave up their dreams of stardom because of it. We will never hear about these people BECAUSE they said "no" and walked away.
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Annabella Sciorra chokes up as she recounts alleged rape by Harvey Weinstein
By Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding
January 23, 2020 | 12:21pm

Actress Annabella Sciorra tearfully testified Thursday about being overpowered and raped in her Manhattan apartment by Harvey Weinstein — after which he crassly complimented her “perfect timing” and forcibly performed another sex act that he claimed was “for you.”

Sciorra said the attack took place in the winter of 1993-94 after she had dinner at an Irish restaurant with a group of about eight or nine people who included the since-disgraced movie mogul. ...

Choking up on the witness stand, the “Sopranos” actress — who earlier pointed out Weinstein at the defense table — described how she opened the door, only to have him push his way inside and walk around “to see if there was somebody else there,” she said.

“Then he began to unbutton his shirt and I realized that he thought we were going to be having sex,” she said.

“I told him to leave and that this was not going to happen … but he kept coming at me and I felt very overpowered because he was very big.” Weinstein is 6 feet tall. ...
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Harvey Weinstein jurors shown naked photos of movie mogul
By Rebecca Rosenberg
February 4, 2020 | 5:41pm

The Manhattan jury in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial was shown nude photos of him Tuesday.

One of the female jurors made a slight face, while a male panelist opened his eyes widely at the photos, which were introduced as evidence, although not for the public’s eyes.

Weinstein later joked to reporters about the embarrassing snaps, which will presumably be used to corroborate his alleged victims’ description of his genitalia.  ...Full story

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'Harvey's penis looks like it has been sewn back on and he has no testicles', model tells Weinstein rape trial jury, as she claims he masturbated in front of her after actress Claudia Salinas trapped her in a bathroom

    *Harvey Weinstein's rape trial continued Wednesday with a slate of witnesses taking the stand
    *Model Lauren Marie Young, 30, was the producer's last accuser to testify at the trial
    *She claimed Weinstein masturbated in front of her in a Beverly Hills hotel bathroom in February 2013
    *She described his penis as looking like it was 'cut off and sewn back on' and that he had no testicles
    *The hotel manager who worked the day Jessica Mann claimed she was raped in March 2013 testified he was 'alarmed' by her body language when checking in with Weinstein and ordered security to check in on her
    *A casting director said Weinstein insisted Mann audition for teen vampire film role despite being too old for it
    *On Tuesday the jury was shown naked photos of Weinstein to corroborate claims of scarring on his body
    *67-year-old producer says all the sexual encounters were consensual, if convicted he could be jailed for life

By Marlene Lenthang and Daniel Bates In Manhattan Criminal Court For Dailymail.com
Published: 09:21 EST, 5 February 2020 | Updated: 17:45 EST, 5 February 2020  ... Story at Daily Mail

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'Harvey's penis looks like it has been sewn back on and he has no testicles', model tells Weinstein rape trial jury, as she claims he masturbated in front of her

UHHHHHH.....
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