The jury of nine men and three women was sworn in last week in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to hear the case against Weinstein, now 70.
Werksman told the panel that Weinstein's accusers were "women who willingly played the game by the rules applied back then" and now "claim they were raped and sexually assaulted."
Two of the alleged victims ended their emails to Weinstein after the alleged attacks with the letters "xxx," which he told jurors indicates "kiss, kiss, kiss." "At the time this was the most powerful person in the industry," Thompson quoted one of the women as saying, while he said another referred to Weinstein as "the king."
"Jane Doe #4" reported that she was "crying and shaking" after Weinstein allegedly took her by the arm from a hotel room bathroom, pulled her onto the bed and told her, "Relax, this is going to make you feel better," according to the prosecutor. "Jane Doe #3" -- a licensed massage therapist whose clients included celebrities -- reported that Weinstein groped her breasts and ejaculated on the floor after he followed her into a hotel room bathroom, where she was going to clean her hands after massaging him in 2010, the prosecutor told jurors.
Weinstein's attorney agreed that his client was a "major player in Hollywood," but called him a "man of humble origins" who was "not born with a silver spoon in his mouth."
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