Comments by "Serenity" (@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1) on "Weinstein attorney dismisses accuser allegations: 'You have to see the full picture' | Nightline" video.

  1. *In court on Monday, assistant district attorney Joan Illuzzi accused Rotunno of “degrading and humiliating” one of the prosecution’s witnesses in an interview with CNN earlier this month. Rotunno said that was not her intent. * *If the jury perceives Rotunno as aggressive, it could hurt Weinstein’s case, said defense attorney Michael Bachner. * *“Just because you’re a woman doesn’t mean you can beat up in a way the jury finds offensive,” he said, adding that an attorney’s skill and character will matter more to jurors than gender. * *A former prosecutor, Rotunno has represented some 40 defendants accused of sexual assault since she opened her own firm in Chicago in 2005, she said. * *Weinstein has cycled through several high-profile lawyers since his indictment in 2018, and one said Weinstein’s behavior made the job “unreasonably difficult.” Rotunno, the first woman to lead his defense, said she finds Weinstein “very easy to work with.” * *Her clients have included Senegalese fashion designer Elhadji Gueye and Stanley Stallworth, a former partner at Chicago law firm Sidley Austin, who were both accused of rape and acquitted. * *Rotunno said she does not support the #MeToo movement because it can unfairly sway public opinion against defendants. * *Her belief that unproven allegations and media scrutiny had eroded Weinstein’s right to a fair trial motivated her to take the case, she said. * “I knew that being a woman at this sort of crossroads in history with MeToo and Times Up, I knew that my role in it would be different than that of a male lawyer,” Rotunno told Reuters. “People say well wait, you’re going against your gender or how dare you. But to me, there’s something bigger than our gender and that’s our rights.” Wow. This defence lawyer is truly a brilliant and rational woman. Much props.
    3
  2. Victor, you don't know what happened. Stop shouting.
    3
  3. Nope, this is how the judicial system operates under a democracy.
    3
  4. For acting professionally and respecting the democratic system of due process? What a despicable thing to say.
    2
  5. Yeah, that'd deliver another huge blow to the ridiculous, radical, and emotionally charged #meetoo-movement.
    2
  6. What are you talking about? Calm down and rationalize what you just said.
    1
  7. How so? For correctly performing her civic and professional duties?
    1