. But none of the women who have previously testified in criminal trials against Weinstein in New York and Los Angeles have had anywhere near the prominence of Siebel Newsom, an accomplished film-maker whose partner recently sailed to a second term as governor of the nation’s most populous state andSiebel Newsom is the fourth woman to testify about an alleged rape or sexual assault committed by Weinstein in California.
, and said it appeared that Weinstein’s team was “going to try and win based on drama and attacking the victims, as opposed to based on the evidence”. Her testimony on Monday, just days after her husband was re-elected as governor of California, was the most detailed public account she has given so far of what happened during the meeting with Weinstein, an encounter that she wrote was one of the inspirations for her later 2011 documentary film Miss Representation, which tackles the objectification of women in American media and culture.
In court on Monday, when asked by a prosecutor if she saw the person in court that she met at a Toronto film festival in 2005, Siebel Newsom went silent then burst into tears before managing to mutter “yes” into the microphone.Biden holds a campaign rally with Governor Newsom in Long Beach, Califorinia.The governor accompanied his wife to the courthouse, but the court did not allow him to enter the courtroom for her testimony, a Newsom advisor told the Los Angeles Times.
Zuniga said she and Siebel Newsom were on a hike when she told her she had had a meeting with Harvey Weinstein. When asked how it went, Zuniga said Siebel Newsom told her: “Not good, I don’t want to talk about it.”