Jurors have entered a fourth day of deliberations in the sex-assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein.
Jurors will deliberate for a fourth day Wednesday in the sex-assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein, having already logged some 11 hours of discussions.
Weinstein, 70, is charged with seven sex-related counts involving four women, including Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who told jurors she still lives with the trauma of being raped and sexually assaulted by Weinstein in a Beverly Hills hotel room 17 years ago. But in his argument, defense attorney Alan Jackson told the jury that the entirety of the prosecution's case could be summed up with five words -- "Take my word for it" -- and said the alleged victims lied on the stand about what was actually "consensual" or "transactional" sex with the now- disgraced filmmaker.
The defense attorney ended his closing argument with an attack on the testimony of Siebel Newsom, which he called a "theatrical, overly dramatized performance" that was a "pretty good act" that had "no basis in truth." Martinez had told jurors earlier in her closing argument that Weinstein used his power to prey on and silence women. She called him a "predator," and said none of the eight women knew each other.
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