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Harvey Weinstein Is a Serial ‘Rapist’ With a ‘Desire to Conquest,’ Prosecutors Argue

‘NOT JUST A TITAN’

During opening arguments at his rape trial, prosecutors described in graphic detail how Weinstein preyed on women, luring them in with “false promises of professional help.”

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Harvey Weinstein was a serial sexual predator who repeatedly used his “power and prestige” to prey on vulnerable young women looking to him for professional help, prosecutors said Wednesday morning during opening arguments at the movie mogul’s landmark rape trial in Manhattan.

“This man, seated right here, was not just a...

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