The judge forbid the defense from discussing the underlying issue behind the email, while Weinstein's attorney argued adamantly for the inclusion of the details.
, Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, emailed the movie magnate for advice about dealing with the media amid a scandal involving Gavin Newsom two years after Weinstein allegedly raped and sexually assaulted her, a judge ruled Monday.
Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez responded:"I'm not sure how Mr. Werksman knows" how a rape victim would behave. "When her boyfriend the mayor seduces an underling's wife and gets scandalized over it," she sides with the mayor," he said, and suggested it was essential to Weinstein's rights that the judge allow that line of questioning.
Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor, began dating Gavin Newsom in 2006, and married him in 2008. He was elected governor in 2018. "It seems to me that to the extent that it constitutes an admission, that it is admissible," the judge said. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they have come forward publicly, as Gutierrez has done.
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