The prosecution has officially rested its case in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial.
Following weeks of testimony from six women accusing the former movie producer of sexual misconduct, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi said in court Thursday prosecutors had concluded their case, USA Today reports.
This followed some additional questioning of Lauren Young, an actress and model who on Wednesday became the sixth and final accuser to testify in the trial, alleging Weinstein in 2013 groped her in a hotel bathroom. Her allegations are not part of Weinstein's criminal charges, but she was called as one of several women to establish a pattern of behavior.
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Previously, the two women at the center of the case testified, with Jessica Mann alleging Weinstein raped her in 2013 and Mimi Haleyi alleging he forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. Additionally, Tarale Wulff and Annabella Sciorra testified that Weinstein raped them, and Dawn Dunning testified he groped her, per CNN. Other women were also called to corroborate the accusers' accounts.
Weinstein's attorney grilled Young on Thursday about the details of her allegation, with Young conceding a detail she told prosecutors in 2019 was incorrect and that she had since "recollected all my memories and retraced all my steps," per USA Today. Over the course of the trial, Weinstein's defense has also sought to undermine his accusers' accounts by pointing to friendly emails they wrote to him afterward. Judge James Burke said Thursday the jury would hear from the defense's witnesses "over the next three to four days. Maybe more, maybe less."
Weinstein, who CNN reports is not expected to testify, has pleaded not guilty to the sexual assault and rape charges against him. If convicted, he faces potential life in prison. Based on the trial's faster-than-expected pace, The Associated Press writes it "could be decided by mid-February."
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