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UPDATED with details from cross-examination and afternoon testimony. Harvey Weinstein defense attorney Damon Cheronis spent more than two hours Monday working to undermine the testimony of Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant who has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. Haleyi, who met Weinstein in 2004…

Harvey Weinstein isn't anywhere near the Sundance Film Festival this year, but the now-disgraced producer's ongoing criminal trial for rape in New York is front of mind for many at the gathering he dominated for years. "I was at screenings he was at here, I was at parties he was at here, I worked on movies that he…

Editors Note: Barry Avrich is a filmmaker who has made dozens of high-profile documentaries including The Last Mogul, Blurred Lines, Prosecuting Evil and is currently in production on Made You Look, a film about the largest art fraud in U.S. history. As Harvey Weinstein finds himself cast in the most anticipated…

Actress Rosie Perez testified for nearly an hour Friday afternoon in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial in New York, corroborating friend Annabella Sciorra’s previous testimony that Sciorra had told her of the rape back in 1993. Prosecutors and defense attorneys raised repeated objections and continued to clash about the…

UPDATED, 11:30 AM: Judge James Burke said that he will allow actress Rosie Perez to take the stand as a way for the prosecution to bolster Annabella Sciorra’s claim that Harvey Weinstein raped her some time in the winter of 1993-94. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi said that they wanted to call Perez as the next witness. She…

UPDATE, 3:25 PM ET: Harvey Weinstein’s defense team tried to raise doubts about the validity of Annabella Sciorra’s claim that he raped her in the winter of 1993-94 in an extensive cross-examination that included the airing of a short clip of her appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. The clip was from Aug. 6…

With the real-life Harvey Weinstein sitting in a New York City courtroom, a new look at Kitty Green’s The Assistant, an upcoming fictionalized film inspired by the ex-mogul’s alleged criminal behavior, was released today by Bleecker Street. In the clip (watch it above), Jane, the producer’s assistant of the title…

UPDATE, 12:54 PM PT: Bill Clinton was the focus of the latest dispute between Harvey Weinstein’s defense team and New York prosecutors Wednesday. During her opening arguments, prosecutor Meghan Haft referred to Weinstein’s relationship with Clinton, and on a courtroom screen displayed a picture of Weinstein with the…

EXCLUSIVE: As opening arguments in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial continue today, dozens of the much-accused producer's alleged victims are speaking out to show support for those who will testify in the courtroom, as well as share their stories with the world. "We stand in solidarity with Annabella Sciorra, Mimi…

UPDATED with change of venue motion denied: In their opening statements at Harvey Weinstein's criminal rape trial on Wednesday, Weinstein's defense team will be able to refer to what they say are "dozens and dozens of loving" emails that women sent to him after he allegedly assaulted them. New York State Supreme Court…

UPDATED, 12:45PM ET: The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s criminal rape trial has been seated after a final series of brief verbal clashes in a New York courtroom over the gender and racial makeup of the panel. The jury consists of seven men and five women. Three alternates were also designated – fewer than the customary…

UPDATED, 1:21 PM:  Jury selection has ended for the day with another two jurors being selected. With opening statements penciled in to start on January 22, that brings the total jurors now up to seven. There are four men and three women picked out of the literally thousands called to serve. The Manhattan D.A.’s office…