IN LANDMARK MOMENT, HIGH-STAKES WEINSTEIN RAPE TRIAL STARTS
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein’s landmark rape trial began on Monday with the once powerful film producer hobbling into a Manhattan court while celebrity accusers who fueled the #MeToo movement demanded justice and an end to workplace sexual harassment.
Inside the state court, Judge James Burke ordered Weinstein’s lawyer Donna Rotunno to refrain from talking about witnesses, after she was accused of making degrading and humiliating comments in recent interviews, which she denied.