Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial have called for his defence lawyer to be reprimanded after she told a reporter “we have created a society of celebrity victimhood status.”“She’s calling our witnesses liars and celebrity victimhood status, and it is completely in contradiction to your order,” Joan Illuzzi, the lead prosecutor, said, asking for the judge in the New York trial to order the lead defence to “cease and desist.
“I have not spoke to anyone in the media. Have not spoke to anyone since we started this case. That was taped a while ago, and I did not speak about any witness individually. I talked about a multitude of issues with regard to questions that were asked of me. It was done — it was really me going into the lion’s den, not the other way around.”
However, The New York Times confirmed it was recorded on Jan. 28 and that Rotunno was made aware of the air date.“I have not because I would never put myself in that position,” she said. “I’ve always made choices from college-age on where I never drank too much, I never went home with someone I didn’t know, I just never put myself in any vulnerable circumstance ever.”
Some lawyers should never see clients again. Ever. Any client. Ever.
of course she did