{"id":1681543,"date":"2022-10-10T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681543"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:24:05","slug":"harvey-weinstein-goes-on-trial-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvey-weinstein-goes-on-trial-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein Goes on Trial in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvey-weinstein-goes-on-trial-in-los-angeles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Five years after women\u2019s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/harvey-weinstein\">Harvey Weinstein<\/a> is going on trial in the city where he once was a colossus at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Already <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harvey-weinstein-conviction-upheld-1dc4db0787bfd4a94268ef0ed6ea4803\">serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault<\/a> in New York, the 70-year-old former movie mogul faces different allegations including several that prosecutors say occurred during a pivotal Oscar week in Los Angeles. Jury selection for an eight-week trial begins Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Weinstein has been indicted on four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts involving five women, who will appear in court as Jane Does to tell their stories. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-los-angeles-4a2cd431f7f4ae67b834dc4be460426c\">pleaded not guilty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four more women will be allowed to take the stand to give accounts of Weinstein sexual assaults that did not lead to charges, but which prosecutors hope will show jurors he had a propensity for committing such acts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Starting in the 1990s, Weinstein, through the company Miramax that he ran with his brother, was an innovator in running broad and aggressive campaigns promoting Academy Award nominees. He had unmatched success, pushing films like \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and \u201cThe Artist\u201d to best picture wins and becoming among the most thanked men ever during Oscar acceptance speeches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Miramax and its successor The Weinstein Co. were based in New York, where Weinstein lived and did business, but that didn\u2019t diminish his presence in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a creature of New York, but he was also a creature of Los Angeles,\u201d said Kim Masters, editor at large for The Hollywood Reporter and a longtime observer of the movie industry. \u201cHe had this huge Golden Globes party that was always well beyond capacity when he was in his heyday. He was the King of Hollywood in New York and LA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was during Oscars week in 2013, when Jennifer Lawrence would win an Academy Award for the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/b2a5bb0883dd451bb885188140917aa9\">Weinstein Co.\u2019s \u201cSilver Linings Playbook\u201d<\/a> and Quentin Tarantino would win for writing the company\u2019s \u201cDjango Unchained,\u201d that four of the 11 alleged crimes took place.<\/p>\n<p>Like most of the incidents in the indictments, they happened under the guise of business meetings at luxury hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, which Weinstein used as his California headquarters and where he could be seen during awards season and throughout the year. He was treated as more than a VIP. At a pre-trial hearing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arts-and-entertainment-california-los-angeles-sexual-assault-harvey-weinstein-08faf4c6c0e569ab87630afcc5d473fc\">chauffeur who drove Weinstein around Los Angeles testified<\/a> that even he was allowed to take as much as $1,000 in cash in Weinstein\u2019s name from the front desk of the hotel where the mogul was staying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">By the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/05\/us\/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html\">stories about him in The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories\">The New Yorker in October of 2017<\/a> brought about his downfall, Weinstein\u2019s power to seemingly will films to win awards had diminished, and his company had fallen into financial trouble.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHis stature changed, he was no longer the king of Oscar, which was really what made him vulnerable,\u201d Masters said.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles trial is likely to be far less of a spectacle than the New York proceedings, and not merely because it\u2019s a sequel and Weinstein is already serving a long sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Foot traffic is sparse and there is no grand entrance at the downtown LA courthouse that\u2019s hosting the trial. Weinstein will not be visible to any media horde or protesters outside as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_teis1ISOd4\">he was in Manhattan<\/a>, as he\u2019ll be ushered into the courtroom straight from jail \u2014 once he\u2019s changed form his prison garb into a suit \u2014 across a short hallway where no cameras are allowed that could capture him.<\/p>\n<p>Only a dozen reporters, including two sketch artists, will be allowed into the small courtroom each day, compared to several dozen in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Weinstein will also be represented by different lawyers in Los Angeles, Alan Jackson and Mark Werksman. They have expressed worries that the movies may play a role in trial.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i5pxUQecM3Y\">film \u201cShe Said,\u201d<\/a> which fictionalizes the work of two New York Times reporters and their bombshell stories on Weinstein, is set to be released midway through the trial on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein\u2019s lawyers lost a bid to have the proceedings delayed over the film, with the judge rejecting their argument that publicity surrounding it would prejudice a potential jury against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is unique,\u201d Werksman said at a pretrial hearing. \u201cMr. Weinstein\u2019s notoriety and his place in our culture at the center of the firestorm which is the #MeToo movement is real, and we\u2019re trying to do everything we can to avoid having a trial when there will be a swirl of adverse publicity toward him,\u201d Werksman said at a pretrial hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein\u2019s trial is one of several with #MeToo connections that have begun or are about to begin as the fifth anniversary of the movement\u2019s biggest moment passes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-news-ap-top-news-arrests-ca-state-wire-entertainment-0094b7382d1bb54252a8d0662cf5a733\">the rape trial of \u201cThat \u201870s Show\u201d actor Danny Masterson<\/a> just down the hall from Weinstein\u2019s and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-new-york-sexual-abuse-kevin-spacey-6ed0d636c56e84547aff9e0fcb98deef\">New York sexual assault civil trial of Kevin Spacey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Five years after women\u2019s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in the city where he once was a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1681545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1681545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}