Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney Donna Rotunno said she felt “sorry” for the woman who was, Rotunno said, being “used” by the New York District Attorney “to get” Weinstein
, said Thursday during closing arguments she felt “sorry” for the woman who was, Rotunno said, being “used” by the New York District Attorney “to get” Weinstein.
Rotunno’s expression of sympathy for Mann didn’t stop the attorney from what clearly was designed as a devastating, step-by-step dismantling of Mann’s allegations.
“Nobody understands me like you do,” Mann wrote in one email to Weinstein. Another ended with “Miss you big guy,” and in another, after Weinstein had complimented a haircut she gave him, she wrote, “you make the haircut look good because of your blue eyes and bright smile.” “When I asked her why she would write something funny to describe this horrible experience,” said Rotunno, “she said, ‘I wanted to reframe it through comedy.’ That’s all Jessica Mann does – reframe, reframe, reframe. She reframes her life, she reframes her emails…”
At one point, Rotunno broadened her comments to include all six accusers who testified in this trial, including actress Annabella Sciorra, as people maintaining contact with, and seeking favors from, Weinstein even after their alleged non-consensual encounters.
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