Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein said they have found “extraordinary” e-mails from the most vocal accusers proving that they made up the accusations of sexual abuse against him.
In a new Manhattan Supreme Court filing, Weinstein lawyer Ben Brafman challenged the credibility of the potential witnesses which were expected to be presented by the prosecutors to show that Weinstein had a pattern of predatory sexual behaviour.
The Manhattan indictment against Weinstein is based on two accusers, an unnamed woman, who alleges he raped her in 2013, and production assistant Mimi Haleyi, who says he forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006.