Harvey Weinstein lawyer tells US court in closing: ‘Regret is not rape’

 An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial told jurors on Thursday that prosecutors’ case relies entirely on asking them to trust women whose testimony showed they were untrustworthy.

Take my word for it’ five words that sum up the entirety of the prosecution’s case, Jackson told jurors in his closing argument.
The 70-year-old former movie magnate is charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women and committing sexual battery against two others.
Jackson argued that two of the women were entirely lying about their encounters, while the other two took part in transactional sex for the sake of career advancement that was 100 per cent consensual.
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