Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Wife, to Testify Against Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, is set to testify in a Harvey Weinstein trial, according to her attorney.

PBS News Hour reported that Jennifer's attorney, Elizabeth Fegan, said in a statement that Weinstein sexually assaulted her client at a "purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap." Fegan added that Jennifer intends to testify at the trial to seek some "measure of justice for survivors."

Jennifer shared her experience with Weinstein in a 2017 essay in the Huffington Post after the New York Times, and New Yorker stories made Weinstein the focus of the #MeTo movement. The trial comes five years after women's stories about Weinstein made the #MeToo movement viral.

The former film mogul was then charged with four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. Like Jennifer's, most of the incidents happened under the guise of business meetings at luxury hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles.

Four incidents happened during Oscars week 2013 when Harvey Weinstein released "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Django Unchain."

Jennifer Siebel Newsom as a Harvey Weinstein Accuser

Jennifer Siebel Newsom described how she had received an invitation to meet with Harvey Weinstein at a hotel about a role in an upcoming film.

In her 2017 essay about her experience, she wrote that she was naïve, "new to the industry, and didn't know how to deal with his aggressive advances," the New York Times reported.

She added that staff were present at the time and disappeared all of a sudden "like clockwork" and left her alone with Weinstein, who she described as "extremely powerful" and an "intimidating Hollywood legend."

Jennifer wrote that her experience with Weinstein became an inspiration for her 2011 documentary "Miss Representation" about how women are being oversexualized in the media.

The documentary maker's 2017 essay was published after The New York Times broke the news that Harvey Weinstein had paid off women who had accused him of sexual misconduct.

Harvey Weinstein Trial

Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial started in Los Angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse, on Monday. According to BBC, the 70-year-old former Hollywood executive is currently serving 23 years in jail in New York after being convicted of rape and criminal sexual assault in 2020.

The new charges also include allegations of assault and rape that reportedly happened in Los Angeles hotels between 2004 and 2013. Weinstein continues to deny the charges against him.

Jury selection started on Monday and is seen to take about two weeks, with opening statements to begin on October 24.

Five alleged victims are expected to take the stand during the course of the trial. Weinstein continues to claim that his sexual encounters were "consensual."

Meanwhile, his lawyers told the press that the allegations against their client were from years ago and could not be supported by any forensic evidence or credible witnesses. Weinstein could face another 140 years behind bars if convicted.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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