Harvey Weinstein’s defense lawyer has never been the victim of a sexual assault — because she “would never put herself in that position,” she said in a new interview.
The question about Donna Rotunno’s personal history was posed to her Thursday on the podcast “The Daily.”
“I have not because I would never put myself in that position,” Rotunno told New York Times reporter Megan Twohey. The reporter — along with her colleague Jodi Kantor — broke the bombshell story exposing the allegations of sexual misconduct against Weinstein.
“So you’re saying that you have never been sexually assaulted because you would never put yourself in the position of being sexually assaulted?” Twohey asked.
“I’ve always made choices from college-age on where I never drank too much, I never went home with someone I didn’t know, I just never put myself in any vulnerable circumstance ever,” she said.
Twohey followed up by asking if Rotunno believed that every woman who has been sexually assaulted had put themselves in that position. Rotunno quickly backpedaled. “Absolutely not,” she said. “All I’m saying is that women should take precautions.”
The interview comes one day after the defense presented their first witness, Paul Feldsher, a close pal of Weinstein, who bombed on the stand, calling the disgraced producer a “sex addict” with a “voracious appetite” for women. The defense case continues Thursday.
Weinstein is charged with two counts of rape, two counts of predatory sexual assault and one count of criminal sexual act stemming from the allegations of three women. If convicted he faces up to life in prison.
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