On the first day of Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial on Monday, the prosecution and defense offered searing, opposing opening arguments over his behavior and the accusers’ credibility, while a “Jane Doe” witness described a brutal sexual attack by the producer in a hotel room in 2013 where he forced her to perform oral sex on him.
Jane Doe 1, an actress and model who testified she was in Los Angeles around Oscar weekend for an Italian film festival in 2013, said Weinstein showed up to her hotel room unannounced even though she barely knew him. Under questioning from deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson she said she didn’t understand why he came to her hotel or how he knew she was staying there.