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Weinstein defense urges acquittal as prosecutors seek to revive a #MeToo-era rape conviction
Weinstein’s lawyers say evidence shows a consensual relationship and a false narrative as prosecutors prepare to answer in closing arguments.
- On Tuesday, defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo urged jurors to acquit Harvey Weinstein during closing arguments in the retrial regarding the 2013 rape of Jessica Mann.
- Mann testified Weinstein trapped her in a hotel room and raped her, while his defense contends the encounter was consensual and part of a caring relationship she fostered for four years.
- Agnifilo pointed to 'warm email exchanges' and continued get-togethers, arguing Weinstein supported Mann's acting ambitions and was 'a very important person in her life' throughout the four years.
- Prosecutors will present their case later Tuesday to the jury, which must weigh this retrial after a 2020 conviction was overturned and a subsequent trial ended in deadlock.
- Regardless of the verdict, Weinstein remains convicted of other sex crimes in New York and California, though he is currently appealing those convictions.
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Harvey Weinstein's defense urged the jury to end Tuesday's rape case of the #MeToo era that has gone to trial three times, arguing that the Hollywood ex-magnate must be acquitted.
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