Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, left, interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape andThe 66-year-old actor and director was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Weinstein's attorneys argued against allowing Gibson to testify, saying that what he learned from the woman while getting a massage from her does not constitute a “fresh complaint” by the woman under the law by which Gibson would take the stand. A “fresh complaint” under California law allows the introduction of evidence of sexual assault or another crime if the victim reported it to someone else voluntarily and relatively promptly after it happened.
Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman then argued that if Gibson does take the stand, the defense should be allowed to cross-examine him about widely publicized antisemitic remarks Gibson made during an arrest in 2006, and about racist statements to a girlfriend that were recorded and publicized in 2010. “Any evidence of Mr. Gibson’s racism or antisemitism would give rise to a bias against my client, who challenged him," Werksman said.
The defense also argued that Gibson was trying to whitewash his image by focusing on Weinstein's wrongdoing and asserting himself as a champion of the #MeToo movement. Gibson's testimony raises the prospect of two of Hollywood's once most powerful men, who have undergone public downfalls, facing each other in court.In one of several similar rulings Friday, Lench also found that “Melrose Place” actor Daphne Zuniga could testify in a similar capacity for a woman known at the trial as Jane Doe #4, whom Weinstein is accused of raping in 2004 or 2005.
Eek perve
Don't overlook the fact that Mel Gibson's testimony is hearsay and should not be admissible. Slimeball as he is he still has a right to a fair trial. They just keep sneakily taking our rights
Hope nothing shady happens to Mel
How many more trials are they going to give weinstein? The man belongs in jail and stay there for the rest of his life.
“Hearsay. I’m learning” quoted by Johnny Depp. LOL
He is brave ! I would not be involved!
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Great news
Mel can be considered an expert in this area
Weinstein's scum, but how is secondhand testimony evidence? I thought the prosecution had enough without relying on desperation.
Me me me me me:-)
What director is going to block out the scene? Hoping for Paul thomas anderson
Ye knows
I learned from watching Judge Judy that that’s hearsay! 😜
Oh no, isn't Weinstein Jewish?
That's hearsay.
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