Harvey Weinstein arrives utilizing a walker on the Manhattan Legal Courtroom, on January 6, 2020 in New York Metropolis.
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Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose publicity as an alleged serial predator ignited the #MeToo motion, was heckled Monday as he entered a New York courthouse for the beginning of a trial on costs of sexually abusing two ladies.
“Thank God your mom shouldn’t be right here to see this,” one among about two dozen protesters yelled at a feeble-looking Weinsten as he hobbled towards Manhattan Legal Courtroom, according to the New York Daily News.
“Mr. Weinstein, are you scared?” one other individual requested from the group, which included folks holding indicators that mentioned “Hearken to Survivors” and “Justice for Surivors.”
The 67-year-old Weinstein mentioned nothing in response.
Monday’s temporary proceedings handled authorized points associated to Weinstein’s trial for alleged sexual crimes in opposition to two ladies.
Jury choice is about to start Tuesday and is anticipated to take weeks.
Weinstein is accused of raping one of many ladies in a Manhattan resort room in 2013. The opposite girl accused him of forcibly performing a sexual act on her in 2006.
Weinstein has pleaded not responsible to the costs, which included 4 counts of felony predatory sexual assault, one rely of felony sexual act and one rely apiece of first- and third-degree rape.
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