LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defense at his Los Angeles rape trial, and his attorneys are expected to wrap their case Wednesday, meaning the disgraced mogul's fate could be in the hands of jurors by the end of the week.
Attorney Mark Werksman said he plans to call only six witnesses, four of whom completed their testimony during a brisk two hours in court Monday.
Weinstein's decision not to testify is in keeping with the defense strategy in the mogul's New York trial, in which he also declined to take the stand. The only time Weinstein has spoken publicly about the raft of sexual abuse allegations that led to his professional downfall and eventual criminal prosecution was at his 2020 sentencing, after he was convicted of rape in Manhattan.
