A Manhattan jury's verdict in the sexual assault trial of former Hollywood ...
- A Manhattan jury’s verdict in the sexual assault trial of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein may well hang on the testimony of three women whose accusations were not part of the underlying criminal case.
During the six-week trial, the three other women - costume designer Dawn Dunning, model Tarale Wulff and actress Lauren Young - testified they were enticed into meeting Weinstein for professional reasons and then groped or raped.Prosecutors called the women as witnesses to try to establish Weinstein’s motive and a signature pattern of behavior that legal experts described as potentially powerful evidence that might bolster the claims of Haleyi and Mann.
“You can’t admit bad acts to show that this is the kind of person who does this a lot, and so probably did it on this occasion,” said Deborah Tuerkheimer, a former Manhattan prosecutor who is now a professor at Northwestern Law.An exception to the law allowed prosecutors to call Dunning, Wulff and Young to show Weinstein “had a particular intention” or exhibited a “signature” pattern of behavior when he invited women to meet and discuss professional opportunities.
Young, a model and actress, testified that the film producer trapped her in a hotel bathroom in 2013, masturbated in front of her while groping her breasts, and told her: “This is what all the actresses do to make it.” Pennsylvania prosecutors charged Cosby in December 2016 with a 2004 assault of Andrea Constand, a former Temple University administrator.
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