Legal teams decry each other’s behavior as ‘abominable’ and ‘humiliating’ on opening day of trial on five sexual assault counts
The rape trial of the movie mogul
Harvey Weinstein began on Monday in Manhattan and immediately erupted into furious name-calling between lawyers, who decried each other’s behaviour as “abominable”, “degrading” and “humiliating”.
It was a sign of the high stakes involved in a trial that marks the next chapter in the #MeToo movement triggered by allegations of sexual misconduct by the movie producer two years ago.