Harvey Weinstein to assert he had consensual affair with Gavin Newsom's future spouse

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer will argue that his consumer had “consensual intercourse” with then-Jennifer Siebel and didn't sexually assault her.

The brand new argument is available in gentle of the invention of an e-mail Siebel had despatched to Weinstein in 2007 asking the Hollywood producer for recommendation concerning an affair Gavin Newsom had with an aide whereas he was mayor of San Francisco. The e-mail was despatched shortly after Siebel and Newsom, who went on to develop into governor of California, started courting and two years after Weinstein allegedly assaulted the actress and filmmaker in a resort room within the Los Angeles space, in line with Deadline.

“Of all stuff you’d suppose a lady that's raped by Harvey Weinstein wouldn’t do, it’s [ask him] the way to cope with a intercourse scandal,” protection lawyer Mark Werksman informed the court docket. “The truth that she involves Mr. Weinstein for that recommendation signifies the friendship and companionship of Jane Doe 4 and Mr. Weinstein."

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Siebel married Newsom in 2008 whereas he was serving because the mayor of San Francisco. Newsom then went on to function California's lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 earlier than getting into workplace because the state's governor in 2019, a place for which he's working for reelection towards Sen. Brian Dahle (R-CA).

Weinstein's authorized staff gained a small victory on Monday when Los Angeles Decide Lisa Lench dominated that the protection might ask concerning the 2007 e-mail Siebel Newsom despatched Weinstein, although the decide restricted the scope of debate, saying protection attorneys can not ask about an alleged affair Newsom had whereas he was mayor. Whereas Werksman has argued that together with the main points of the e-mail is necessary to his case, Lench contended that Werksman was overstating the case by claiming his consumer's due course of was at stake, in line with Fox News.

The primary girl of California, who has been recognized as Jane Doe #4 in court docket paperwork, is considered one of 5 ladies who're testifying towards Weinstein within the Los Angeles trial, in line with the Los Angeles Occasions. Siebel Newsom made her claims towards Weinstein, who has denied the sexual assault ever befell, in a 2017 article.

On Friday, Lench dominated that Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson might testify about what he realized from Jane Doe #3, considered one of Weinstein’s accusers. Prosecutors declare that Jane Doe #3 had a traumatic response after Gibson talked about Weinstein’s title and that Gibson realized from her that she had been sexually assaulted, in line with the Related Press.

Weinstein faces 11 accusations of sexual assault from his 5 accusers, and he faces 135 years in jail. He's already serving a 23-year jail sentence for sexual assault in New York.