Wird Gigi Hadid Geschworene bei Harvey Weinsteins Verhandlung?

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14. Januar 2020 um 3:20 AM

Wird Gigi Hadid über Harvey Weinsteins Schicksal entscheiden? (Bild: Shutterstock.com / JStone)

Die Verhandlung hat noch immer nicht begonnen: Im Vergewaltigungsprozess um den gefallenen Hollywood-Produzenten Harvey Weinstein (67) sind die Anwälte derzeit dabei, die Geschworenen auszuwählen. Wie unter anderem der "Guardian" berichtet, befindet sich auch Model Gigi Hadid (24) unter den potenziellen Juroren.

Bei der Auswahl der Geschworenen soll sicher gestellt werden, dass der Angeklagte eine faire Verhandlung bekommt und die Jury ihm gegenüber nicht voreingenommen ist. Falls daran Zweifel bestehen, wird der Kandidat aussortiert. Am Montag wurde Hadid von Richter James Burke befragt.

Das Model gab an, dass sie den Angeklagten schon einmal getroffen habe und dass sie die Schauspielerin Salma Hayek (53) persönlich kenne - auch diese wirft Weinstein sexuelle Belästigung vor. Zudem ist die 24-Jährige eng mit dem britischen Model Cara Delevingne (27) befreundet, die Weinstein 2017 ebenfalls beschuldigte, sie belästigt zu haben. Auf die Frage des Richters, ob sie dennoch unparteiisch bleiben könne, sagte Hadid: "Ich denke, dass ich den Fakten gegenüber trotzdem offen bin."

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When I first started to work as an actress, i was working on a film and I received a call from‎ Harvey Weinstein asking if I had slept with any of the women I was seen out with in the media. It was a very odd and uncomfortable call....i answered none of his questions and hurried off the phone but before I hung up, he said to me that If I was gay or decided to be with a woman especially in public that I'd never get the role of a straight woman or make it as an actress in Hollywood. A year or two later, I went to a meeting with him in the lobby of a hotel with a director about an upcoming film. The director left the meeting and Harvey asked me to stay and chat with him. As soon as we were alone he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with and how he had made their careers and spoke about other inappropriate things of a sexual nature. He then invited me to his room. I quickly declined and asked his assistant if my car was outside. She said it wasn't and wouldn't be for a bit and I should go to his room. At that moment I felt very powerless and scared but didn't want to act that way hoping that I was wrong about the situation. When I arrived I was relieved to find another woman in his room and thought immediately I was safe. He asked us to kiss and she began some sort of advances upon his direction. I swiftly got up and asked him if he knew that I could sing. And I began to sing....i thought it would make the situation better....more professional....like an audition....i was so nervous. After singing I said again that I had to leave. He walked me to the door and stood in front of it and tried to kiss me on the lips. I stopped him and managed to get out of the room. I still got the part for the film and always thought that he gave it to me because of what happened. Since then I felt awful that I did the movie. I felt like I didn't deserve the part. I was so hesitant about speaking out....I didn't want to hurt his family. I felt guilty as if I did something wrong. I was also terrified that this sort of thing had happened to so many women I know but no one had said anything because of fear.
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Darum geht es beim Weinstein-Prozess

Im Herbst 2017 wurden erstmals Missbrauchsvorwürfe gegen Harvey Weinstein laut, ausschlaggebend waren die Investigativ-Recherchen des Journalisten Ronan Farrow (32), die in der "New York Times" und dem "New Yorker" veröffentlicht wurden und Weinsteins angebliches Verhalten beschrieben. Inzwischen haben rund 80 Frauen, darunter Schauspielerinnen wie Ashley Judd (51), Angelina Jolie (44), Gwyneth Paltrow (47) und Uma Thurman (49) den Ex-Produzent beschuldigt, ihnen gegenüber übergriffig geworden zu sein. Sollte Weinstein schuldig gesprochen werden, droht dem 67-Jährigen eine lebenslange Haftstrafe.

In Los Angeles wartet außerdem ein weiterer Missbrauchsprozess auf ihn: Weinstein wird beschuldigt, 2013 zwei Frauen in Los Angeles und Beverly Hills vergewaltigt beziehungsweise sexuell genötigt haben. Trotz allem bestreitet Weinstein bis heute, dass er Frauen zum Sex gezwungen habe.