Jury Selection Underway in Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. Trial
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s trial is officially underway. Weinstein, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault in his New York trial in 2020, faces 11 new charges in Los Angeles in a trial that began Monday morning at the criminal courthouse in downtown L.A.
Nine women are expected to testify in a trial that could effectively put Weinstein behind bars for life, if convicted. Weinstein — whose monumental fall was the fuse the ignited the #MeToo movement — is already serving a 23-year sentence from his 2020 conviction where Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.
The New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest court in that state, has agreed to hear his case. Weinstein was extradited in July 2021 to L.A.
from N.Y., where he was serving his sentence. Weinstein was present at the courthouse on Monday where his lawyers, Alan Jackson and Mark Werksman, and deputy district attorneys Marlene Martinez and Paul Thompson, addressed 67 potential jurors.
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