{"id":107989,"date":"2022-10-25T21:33:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/harvey-weinstein-attorney-launches-slimy-defense-in-la-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T21:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:33:37","slug":"harvey-weinstein-attorney-launches-slimy-defense-in-la-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/harvey-weinstein-attorney-launches-slimy-defense-in-la-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein attorney launches slimy defense in LA trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The utter villainy of Harvey Weinstein seems to know no bounds. according to variety<\/em><\/span>‘s reporting of Weinstein’s Los Angeles sexual assault trial<\/span>attorney Mark Werksman has launched a particularly vicious and nasty defense of the former film producer, which paradoxically includes painting his own client as an unattractive \u201cbeast\u201d and normalizing the infamous \u201ccasting couch\u201d process.<\/p>\n

The most flattering image Werksman conjured was that of Weinstein<\/span> as a man from humble beginnings who worked hard to create his empire. \u201cWith tremendous fame and fortune came fame of fortune seekers,\u201d including women who had \u201cconsensual sex with Mr. Weinstein because they wanted to exploit their connection with Mr. Weinstein\u201d or \u201csex in exchange for something with value.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at my client. 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,\u201d Werksman said, per variety<\/em>. \u201cTransactional sex \u2026 it may have been unpleasant \u2026 and now embarrassing. [But] everyone did it. he did it<\/span>. They did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normalizing a culture wherein women feel pressured to exchange sex in order to move up in the business seems like a shoddy defense, though it would surely be a great favor to Hollywood’s remaining predators<\/span> should that argument succeed. \u201cThe sequel to the casting couch is the #MeToo trial,\u201d Werksman proclaimed, saying of the women set to testify, \u201cThey will play the part of the damsel in distress with this beast.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those women is Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California governor Gavin Newsom. variety<\/em> reports that Werksman singled her out specifically, noting that Weinstein donated frequently to Newsom’s political ambitions over the years and even hosted the couple at his home: \u201cShe brought her husband to meet and party with her rapist. Who does that? He took money from his wife’s rapist for his political campaigns,\u201d Werksman argued. <\/p>\n

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(One might compare the situation to Brad Pitt, a producer on the upcoming Weinstein expos\u00e9 movie She Said<\/em><\/span>who continued to work with Weinstein after being informed of his sexual misconduct towards two of<\/span> his own partners<\/span>. Perhaps Newsom did n’t know about his wife’s experience, or perhaps some men are willing to excuse such behavior if dollar signs<\/span> are involved.) <\/p>\n

Perhaps most egregiously, Werksman said that if Siebel Newsom hadn’t become a political figure and a voice against sexual harassment and assault, \u201cShe’d be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead.\u201d Whether such outright cruelty will play well with the jury remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harvey Weinsteinphoto: Etienne Laurent Pool (Getty Images) The utter villainy of Harvey Weinstein seems to know no bounds. according to variety‘s reporting of Weinstein’s Los Angeles sexual assault trialattorney Mark Werksman has launched a particularly vicious and nasty defense of the former film producer, which paradoxically includes painting his own client as an unattractive \u201cbeast\u201d …<\/p>\n

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