by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
100 CENTRE STREET, April 24 – The retrial of Harvey Weinstein in New York State court began on April 23; Inner City Press was in the courtroom and live tweeted it, thread here.
The first witness was former Miramax assistant Stefan Sterns, who testified he dropped Weinstein at the Mercer Hotel to meet Mirian Haley, one of the victims in the case.
Sterns testified about a silver suitcase that always accompanied Weinstein, without saying - or being directly asked - what was in it.
Weinstein was bought in from Bellevue Hospital in a wheelchair. Many jurors spent the afternoon looking at him and not the witness.
After repeated technological snafus with the exhibits proffered by Weinstein lawyer Jennifer Bonjean on the screens in the courtroom of Justice Curtis Farber, a female witness who had been waiting was said to have to leave. She will or can return in two weeks, the prosecution team of ADA Shannon Lucey said.
On April 24 after a Getty witness, Elizabeth Entin recounted Miriam Haley shaken in 539 Avenue B, advising her to call a lawyer. Weinstein's lawyers objected then bought up health --
More courtroom detail on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
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