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Harvey Weinstein's defense case begins in sex crimes retrial. Will he be a witness?
After five weeks of testimony from Harvey Weinstein's accusers and other prosecution witnesses at his sex crimes retrial, his defense has started presenting its own witnesses.
If he does, it would be a remarkable twist — and potentially risky legal move — in the yearslong saga of the onetime Hollywood honcho-turned-#MeToo outcast.Weinstein, 73, is being retried on rape and sexual assault charges because New York's highest court overturned his 2020 conviction. If defendants do take the stand, they open themselves to pointed questioning from prosecutors.Weinstein's lawyers began calling witnesses late Wednesday, starting with a physician-pharmacist discussing a medication that had come up in testimony.In the weeks prior, the defense asked plenty of questions aimed at raising doubts about the credibility and accuracy of what jurors were hearing from prosecution witnesses, particularly Weinstein's three accusers in the case.Two of the women allege that he forcibly performed oral sex on them, separately, in 2006. In the weeks prior, the defense asked plenty of questions aimed at raising doubts about the credibility and accuracy of what jurors were hearing from prosecution witnesses, particularly Weinstein's three accusers in the case.
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