Harvey Weinstein Is a Serial Rapist and Predator, Prosecutors Claim in Closing Argument
was a serial rapist who used his status as a Hollywood power broker to prey on women, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi told jurors on Friday. Illuzzi began her closing argument, one that will help determine whether or not Weinstein goes free or spends the rest of his life in prison, with a question.
“Or is it that the defendant was the master of his universe and the witnesses here were merely ants that he could step on? Or did he feel like he had a surefire insurance policy that the witnesses wanted to get into his universe?” Illuzzi continued. “They don’t get to complain when they’re stepped on, spit on, demoralized and then, yes, raped and abused by the defendant.”
“He also underestimated them,” Illuzzi said. “He made sure he had contact… to make sure that one day they wouldn’t call him for exactly what he was: an abusive rapist. Well, he was wrong.”A very animated Illuzzi theatrically spoke to the jury about the predatory and abusive patterns Weinstein displayed throughout numerous women’s allegations across several decades.
Illuzzi spoke about Sciorra’s rape allegations for a full hour, contradicting yesterday’s arguments made by the defense, telling jurors, “Annabella’s event is very much part of the crimes charged here.”
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