'Finally, after all these years, these three women will have their voices heard,' prosecutor says in opening statement at Harvey Weinstein trial.
The disgraced producer, who amassed power in the entertainment industry with Oscar-winning films such as"Pulp Fiction" and"Shakespeare in Love," looked straight ahead as Hast gave her opening statement. But he turned toward the jurors as the prosecutor described some of the most graphic allegations.
She said Weinstein"left her emotionally and physically destroyed on the floor" following a violent assault in her Manhattan apartment. "It took 25 years until she could relive the nightmare and tell her story," Hast said of Sciorra, whose allegations were ruled too old to support criminal charges."Harvey Weinstein remained a bigger figure in Hollywood, with power and connections to silence Annabella."
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