Harvey Weinstein to claim he had consensual affair with Gov. GavinNewsom's future wife
The new argument comes in light of the discovery of an email Siebel Newsom had sent to Weinstein in 2007 asking the Hollywood producer for advice regarding an affair Gavin Newsom had with an aide while he was mayor of San Francisco.
Siebel Newsom married Newsom in 2008 while he was serving as the mayor of San Francisco. Newsom then served as California's lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 before entering office as the state's governor in 2019, a position for which he is running for reelection against Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle.
Weinstein's legal team gained a small victory on Monday when Los Angeles Judge Lisa Lench ruled that the defense could ask about the 2007 email Siebel Newsom sent Weinstein, though the judge limited the scope of discussion, saying defense lawyers cannot ask about an alleged affair Newsom had while he was mayor.
The first lady of California, who has been identified as Jane Doe #4 in court documents, is one of five women who are testifying against Weinstein in the Los Angeles trial, according to the Los Angeles Times. Siebel Newsom made her claims against Weinstein, who has denied the sexual assault ever took place, in a 2017 article.On Friday, Lench ruled that Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson could testify about what he learned from Jane Doe #3, one of Weinstein’s accusers.
Weinstein faces 11 accusations of sexual assault from his five accusers, and he faces 135 years in prison. He is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault in New York.
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