Not guilty

This is a case no prosecutor would bring absent political pressures. Doesn't mean the guy isn't a sleaze or that he shouldn't be liable for civil damages, but there is no chance of proving the crime of rape beyond a reasonable doubt based on this record.

"You decided that you could overlook what you found grotesque about his appearance because you wanted what he could give you," Rotunno said. "Ms. Mann, you were using Harvey Weinstein. You were lying to Harvey Winstein. You never wanted to have sex with Mr. Weinstein, even when you said it was consensual?"

"Correct," she responded.

When she was asked why she didn't immediately flee after an early unwanted encounter, she said she didn't want to offend someone with so much power in Hollywood.

"You wanted to benefit from the power he had, whether it was professional or otherwise. Correct?," Rotunno asked.

There was a long pause from Mann, who was mostly composed and clear during initial cross-examination.

"I wanted to benefit from my agents and managers, but they weren’t giving me opportunities," she said.She told her friend what happened but the friend had encouraged her to accept Weinstein's invitations to parties and events.

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She said she was confused about that but "made a decision" to be in a relationship with him. "I entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him, and it was extremely degrading from that point on," she said. She said she later did engage in non-forced oral sex with the Weinstein.