Legal teams decry each other’s behavior as ‘abominable’ and ‘humiliating’ on opening day of trial on five sexual assault counts
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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.