Harvey Weinstein’s appellate court brief is a damning indictment of his criminal prosecution,” Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein’s chief spokesman, said in a lengthy statement. In the 160-page appeal, Weinstein’s legal team once again attacked the credibility of the six women who testified at his 2020 trial in lower Manhattan. Weinstein has denied all wrongdoing and his attorneys have argued that each alleged assault was consensual. That decision, Weinstein’s lawyers argue, effectively robbed him of his right to testify. While Weinstein’s legal team has cried foul, some critics and academics have decried Loftus’ testimony as one-sided and misleading in sexual assault cases.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 05, 2021 17:15 UTC