Accuser Called Weinstein a ‘Spiritual Soul Mate,’ Former Friend Tells Jury
- L.A. roommate says alleged rape victim ‘spoke highly of him’
- Defense calls a second woman to deny she helped trap model
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Former friends of two Harvey Weinstein accusers assailed their credibility at Weinstein’s sexual assault trial, with one saying that prosecution witness Jessica Mann once referred to the movie producer as her “soul mate.”
Testifying on Monday for the defense, Talita Maia, a Brazilian actor who lived with Mann in Los Angeles, contradicted her former roommate’s account that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel in February 2013 as Maia was in the next room. Weinstein was charged with raping Mann, now 34, in a Manhattan hotel the following month when she came to New York with Maia and another friend.