Trial hears accuser tried to make Weinstein 'pseudo-father'

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Ex-actress Jessica Mann admitted that she had had 'non-coerced' sexual contact with Weinstein up to 2016, but that she had only stayed in contact with him out of fear.

Harvey Weinstein's defense team presented new messages on Monday that it says prove the disgraced movie mogul was in a consensual relationship with one of the main accusers in his rape trial.

"Thank you for your unfailing support and kindness. It's helped me believing in myself," Mann wrote in an email to Weinstein six months after she alleges he sexually assaulted her.In a third, written in 2014, she referred to Weinstein's smile and"beautiful eyes," the New York state court heard. The once-powerful producer of"Pulp Fiction" and"Sin City" denies the charges and maintains that the incidents were consensual. His trial began in earnest almost two weeks ago.She said she had only stayed in contact with him out of fear.

 

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