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, 67, has pleaded not guilty to charges in New York of raping Mann and to sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi.

His trial is a milestone for the #MeToo movement in which women have accused powerful men in business, entertainment, media and politics of sexual misconduct. “She seemed to really like him as a person,” Maia said. Under cross-examination by prosecutors, Maia said she had a falling out with Mann some time before January 2017 and stopped speaking to her, though she said she did not dislike her.

Young testified that Salinas stood outside a Los Angeles hotel bathroom door while Weinstein assaulted her, which Salinas flatly denied.Under cross-examination by prosecutors, Salinas conceded that when she first spoke to investigators, she said she remembered nothing about the day in question.

 

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