Five years after women's stories about him made the MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, the city where he once was a colossus at the Oscars.
Starting in the 1990s, Weinstein, through the company Miramax that he ran with his brother, was an innovator in running broad and aggressive campaigns promoting Academy Award nominees. He had unmatched success, pushing films like"Shakespeare in Love" and"The Artist" to best picture wins and becoming among the most thanked men ever during Oscar acceptance speeches.
It was during Oscars week in 2013, when Jennifer Lawrence would win an Academy Award for the Weinstein Co.'s"Silver Linings Playbook" and Quentin Tarantino would win for writing the company's"Django Unchained," that four of the 11 alleged crimes took place. "His stature changed, he was no longer the king of Oscar, which was really what made him vulnerable," Masters said.
Only a dozen reporters, including two sketch artists, will be allowed into the small courtroom each day, compared to several dozen in New York.
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