{"id":1738664,"date":"2022-11-14T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T23:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738664"},"modified":"2022-11-14T18:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T23:17:52","slug":"i-felt-a-bit-intimidated-jennifer-siebel-newsom-testifies-at-harvey-weinstein-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-felt-a-bit-intimidated-jennifer-siebel-newsom-testifies-at-harvey-weinstein-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Felt A Bit Intimidated:\u2019 Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies At Harvey Weinstein Trial"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fi-felt-a-bit-intimidated-jennifer-siebel-newsom-testifies-at-harvey-weinstein-trial%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=1738664&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\">California<\/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Siebel Newsom said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jennifer-siebel-newsom-harvey-weinstein-trial-d0734d92451b5f25ca3788a14957bae4\">The Associated Press.<\/a> \u201cHe\u2019s wearing a suit and a blue tie, and he\u2019s staring at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York, stands accused of sexually assaulting five women between 2003 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial\u2019s opening statements, Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson said that Siebel Newsom was \u201ca powerless actor trying to make her way in Hollywood\u201d when Weinstein allegedly raped her at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Siebel Newsom said, \u201cit felt like the red sea was parting\u201d when Weinstein approached her in the hotel lobby during her testimony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it was deference or fear,\u201d she said, adding the Hollywood producer was \u201cthe kingmaker\u201d during that time. \u201cI felt a bit intimidated. He was charming \u2014 he treated me initially like he was really curious about me. Maybe flattered is how I felt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siebel Newsom would later meet up with a friend at the hotel bar, where she thought Weinstein took a \u201cgenuine interest\u201d in her work.<\/p>\n<p>Before going public, Siebel Newsom identified herself as Jane Doe #4 in court documents, one of the five accusers.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cconsensual sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Judge Lisa Lench ruled Monday that Weinstein\u2019s 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\u2019s future governor.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal allegedly involved Governor Newsom, who was San Francisco\u2019s Mayor in 2005, and an aide during his term, Deadline reports.<\/p>\n<p>Lench said the defense could not discuss the underlying issue behind the email, calling it \u201ctoo tangential in relation to this trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Werksman, a defense lawyer for Weinstein, told the court Monday that Siebel Newsom contacting Weinstein for \u201cadvice\u201d would indicate the two had a \u201cfriendship and companionship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf all things you\u2019d think a woman that is raped by Harvey Weinstein wouldn\u2019t do, it\u2019s [ask him] how to deal with a sex scandal,\u201d Werksman said, adding the defense will be that they had an affair, that they had consensual sex.<\/p>\n<p>Werksman\u2019s told jurors during his opening statements last month that Siebel Newsom is \u201ca very prominent citizen of California\u201d who has made herself \u201ca prominent victim in the #MeToo movement,\u201d according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise,\u201d Werksman said, \u201cshe\u2019d be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\">\u00a0convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act<\/a>\u00a0and third-degree rape in 2020.\u00a0He 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\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a New York Appeals court ruled that Weinstein\u2019s team could argue for another trial or have his conviction dismissed. Weinstein\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeinstein\u2019s 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,\u201d Weinstein\u2019s lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s 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. 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