Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, burst into tears a few minutes into her testimony Monday when asked to identify Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand at his trial.
Siebel Newsom spent 15 minutes on the stand in the downtown Los Angeles courtroom before a lunch break, becoming the fourth woman Weinstein is accused of sexually assaulting to testify at the former movie magnate's trial.
Weinstein's lawyers say the two had consensual sex and that she sought to use the powerful producer to advance her career. "I felt a bit intimidated," she said. "He was charming. He treated me initially like he was really curious about me. Maybe flattered is how I felt?""I felt like there was a genuine interest in talking about my work," she said.
"She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life's work to improve the lives of women," her attorney Elizabeth Fegan said in a statement at the start of the trial.
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