The panel will listen to weeks of testimony in the movie mogul's rape and sexual assault trial
After fielding hundreds of potential jurors, from a supermodel to a survivor of sexual assault, lawyers on Friday agreed on a jury of seven men and five women to decide the fate of Harvey Weinstein, the film producer who faces life in prison if convicted of rape and sexual assault.
Weinstein, who also faces sexual assault charges in Los Angeles, has pleaded not-guilty in the New York case, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulted another in 2006. He has also denied other allegations of non-consensual sex, some of which, including Sciorra’s, involve incidents that fell outside the statute of limitations and could not be prosecuted.
The trial marks a critical juncture in the era of the #MeToo movement, which has forced a rethinking of how sexual harassment is handled in workplaces. Justice James Burke told potential jurors the trial, expected to last several weeks, “is not a referendum” on either the movement or on sexual harassment. Both issues, though, are inescapable in this case, as reflected in the jury selection process.
“They are systematically eliminating a class of people from this jury,” Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi said.
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