"Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Candace White alleged that Weinstein used his professional influence and emotional manipulation to force Mann into intercourse that she clearly said she didn't want to have in Manhattan. She told him No, I don't want this,' but no was not a word that the defendant was used to hearing."
"Weinstein's attorney, Jacob Kaplan of Agnifilo Intrader, argued Mann had agency in their relationship and during the incident in the DoubleTree. She didn't go to that [hotel] room because she was forced to, Kaplan said. She chose to go to the room and she chose to have sex with him."
"Weinstein's retrial comes after the former producer was convicted in June of forcing oral sex on former Project Runway assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish model Kaja Sokola."
Harvey Weinstein's third rape trial has commenced, focusing on allegations that he raped actress Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013. A jury will evaluate the influence Weinstein wielded as a former Miramax leader and the nature of his relationship with Mann. Prosecutors claim Weinstein manipulated Mann into unwanted intercourse, while his defense argues she had agency and consented to the encounter. The trial follows Weinstein's previous convictions and highlights the complexities of their interactions, including prior assaults and consensual encounters.
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