Current Events > Weinstein lawyer: You must acquit because rape by blackmail was OK before Metoo

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He said that the evidence in the case is based on emotion, not facts, that accusers were taking part in what he called transactional sex.
It was the casting couch, he said. Everyone did it. He did it. They did it. Because each wanted something from another.
Now look at him, Werksman said, referring to Weinstein. Hes not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Do you think these beautiful women had sex with him because hes hot? They did it because he is powerful.
He claimed that an asteroid called the MeToo movement struck with such ferocity that everything changed overnight. And Mr. Weinstein became the epicenter of the MeToo movement.

The accusers in this case, women who willingly played the dame by the rules that applied back then, they will come into this courtroom now, with their lawyers in tow, and claim they were raped and sexually assaulted, Werksman said. They have to lie to themselves to make what they did consensually back then seem like it was forced upon them.

He went through the list of accusers in an effort to cast doubts on their claims. That included Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Werksman said that Siebel Newsom, identified as Jane Doe 4, had a consensual sexual relationship with Weinstein because she wanted help getting roles and producing films.
Shes made herself a prominent victim in the MeToo movementotherwise shed be just another bimbo with Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood, Werksman said.

He referred to Siebel Newsoms claim that she went limp and dead inside when Weinstein allegedly raped her. But Werksman claimed that she faked an orgasm with Weinstein during the alleged assault. She did not communicate a lack of consent, just the opposite, he said. Weinstein actually and reasonably believed that she had consented due to the fake orgasm, he said.

Shes made herself a prominent victim in the MeToo movementotherwise shed be just another bimbo with Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood, Werksman

Bold move, let's see it it pays off

That guy is a literal cartoon villain, the real world is really pathetic.

So what you are saying that if Im ever in a race I might get assaulted by Dick?

Every time big rich people say stuff like this, I have to assume that their PR consultants genuinely believe that public debate is in such a state that they think it'll work. Which, no matter how you look at it, is pretty depressing

I thought these were arguments he's making in a criminal court, not the court of public opinion?

I thought these were arguments he's making in a criminal court, not the court of public opinion?

On an individual basis, it does seem like it would be hard to prove whether it was coerced rape or prostitution for promotion, but I assume they must have plenty of evidence given how prolific and openly disgusting he was about it.

Yes, you're right. They wanted something. Access to the industry. And Weinstein withheld it unless they had sex with him.

"The rules that applied back then"

I wonder what that means.

If you don't have sex with me you won't get ahead in Hollywood. Hmmm....

Hollywood. Incels with power

On an individual basis, it does seem like it would be hard to prove whether it was coerced rape or prostitution for promotion, but I assume they must have plenty of evidence given how prolific and openly disgusting he was about it.

It could not have been rape because she had an orgasm!

It could not have been rape because she had an orgasm!