Mel Gibson could be called to testify Harvey Weinstein A judge ruled Friday in the producer’s upcoming Los Angeles rape trial.
Prosecutors want to call the actor to back up Jane Doe3’s claim that Weinstein sexually assaulted her after she gave him a massage at his hotel in 2010. I’m here. Gibson’s testimony will help support her claim.
Judge Lisa B. Wrench allowed prosecutors to call Gibson to the stands. She also refused the defense’s request to be allowed to question Gibson about the racist and anti-Semitic remarks he had made over the years. are allowed to ask whether they have a grudge against Weinstein.
The defense argued that Gibson held animosity toward Weinstein dating back to the release of “The Passion of the Christ,” which was widely seen as being played on anti-Semitic themes. He published a book, Perspectives on the Passion of the Christ, which disputed the film.
“This created a feud between Mr. Gibson and Mr. Weinstein,” Weinstein’s attorney Mark Worksman claimed.
When Werksman inaccurately claimed that the film had won Best Picture at the Oscars, Weinstein made a no-no gesture with his arm with a look of contempt.
Worksman also claimed that Gibson is “trying to restore his image by becoming a champion of the #MeToo movement.”
Gibson told investigators he had a “PTSD reaction” when Jane Doe brought up the name “Herbie” during a massage, according to his attorney. rice field. The woman stopped massaging and started crying, “thinking that Weinstein had sexually assaulted or groped her,” Worksman said.
Worksman spoke out against Gibson’s anti-Semitic rants after his arrest in 2006, as well as anti-Semitic comments and other racist remarks he once allegedly made to Winona Ryder. He argued that he should be allowed to confront Gibson.
“If he’s racist towards African Americans or Latinos, how is that relevant?” Wrench asked.
“It would be his unwillingness to give equal status to someone who is not his kind. He has white supremacist views,” Worksman replied. “People with white supremacist values may have no problem perjuring themselves to Jewish defendants.”
Wrench eventually allowed the defense to ask Gibson about his animosity towards Weinstein.
“As you say, I will not allow him to go into other comments that may indicate his general attitude about ‘people who are not of his kind,'” she said. Allow him to question whether there is personal enmity between people.”
The judge later allowed the defense to name the book Jane Doe 3 was about to publish with Weinstein’s help, “Naked Massage.”
The court discussed earlier in the day at the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival in February 2013 about Italian model Jane Doe, who claims Weinstein raped her at the Mr. C Hotel.
The defense argued against the prosecution’s intention to use so-called “new charges” witnesses for each of the five victims and four “previous wrongdoing” witnesses.
Weinstein’s attorney, Alan Jackson, said the prosecution would limit the use of the new complaint (statements made by the victim shortly after the crime) to one per alleged victim, and that the prosecution would not be prosecuted. I suggested that it should not be used for witnesses who did not
“I don’t think there’s any precedent to suggest piling up multiple new complaint witnesses,” Jackson said, later adding. “It dilutes the evidence. I think it’s a waste of time. I think Mr Weinstein’s due process will be diluted.”
Describing it as “an indictment of the Energizer Bunny,” Jackson said the introduction of the new complaint had “much more prejudice than value.”
“Something terrible happened,” Jackson said, referring to a call Jane Doe made to one of the witnesses, Lubov Smirnova.
The “vague statement” is not a new complaint, Jackson insisted. It’s a disadvantage. ”
Wrench is Jane Doe’s daughter Maria C.
Wrench allows the defense to present the photo as proof that Jane Doe 1 posted it on social media. This included kickboxing photos, which have since been deleted, which he claimed could cast doubt on her ability to overcome or escape threats. Wrench agreed with deputy district attorney Paul Thompson, but a series of interrogations could perpetuate the rape myth.
Jackson later claimed that the prosecution’s claim that Jane Doe “didn’t say anything about the scrotum or testicles in her first two interviews” was false. Citing three interviews with Vargas and District Attorney Laurie Mendoza, in which she repeatedly said she was forced to “suck his balls and put his testicles in her mouth.” It is quoted as
Weinstein has no testicles, Jackson said. Actress Jessica Mann testified graphicly about the “deformation” of her genitalia during her trial in New York.
After three days of jury selection, the pool of potential jurors was narrowed to 160 by Friday.
Weinstein faces 11 sexual assault charges for alleged attacks against five women between 2004 and 2013. Already serving a 23-year sentence after being convicted of means being in prison for