First Harvey Weinstein Witness Gets Searing Interrogation by Prosecutor
- Director says Sciorra said she did ‘crazy thing’ with producer
- He’s then grilled over texts with Weinstein, $60,0000 payment
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A movie director who worked for Harvey Weinstein told the jury at Weinstein’s sexual assault trial that actor Annabella Sciorra once confided she’d done a “crazy thing” with the producer, as the defense used its first witness to undercut her claim of rape.
Later, on cross-examination, prosecutors came gunning for the witness, Paul Feldsher, confronting him with a series of text messages he exchanged with the fallen Hollywood power broker after women began to come forward with allegations of assault against Weinstein in 2017. In one message he said Weinstein had a “sex addiction” and called Sciorra a “liar” -- though she was his friend -- when he learned she’d be a witness against Weinstein.