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The wife of California’s governor gives tearful testimony at Weinstein’s rape trial
On this courtroom artist sketch, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the spouse of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes the stand Monday on the trial of Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles.
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On this courtroom artist sketch, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the spouse of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes the stand Monday on the trial of Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the spouse of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, almost screamed by means of tears from the witness stand Monday when she instructed the courtroom Harvey Weinstein raped her in a resort room and spoke of the devastating impact it had on her within the 17 years since.
“He is aware of this isn’t regular!” she shouted in the course of the Los Angeles trial, recalling her ideas amid the alleged 2005 rape. “He is aware of this isn’t consent!”
She then shouted “Oh God!” as if overcome by the reminiscence, and gave in to the crying. Weinstein watched from the protection desk.
Siebel Newsom stated she discovered herself unexpectedly alone with Weinstein in a collection on the Peninsula Lodge in Beverly Hills, the place she had agreed to hitch him for a gathering. She stated she assumed others could be current and they’d speak about her profession.
When he emerged from the lavatory in a gown with nothing beneath and started groping her whereas he masturbated, she described her emotions.
“Horror! Horror!” she stated. “I am trembling. I am like a rock, I am frigid. That is my worst nightmare. I am simply this blow-up doll!”
She then gave a graphic description of a sexual assault and rape by Weinstein within the suite’s bed room.
A 23-year sentence and a trial with 11 extra counts
Weinstein’s legal professionals, who solely acquired to cross-examine her briefly and can proceed on Tuesday, say the 2 had consensual intercourse and that she was in search of to make use of the highly effective producer to advance her profession.
Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence for a rape conviction in New York, and has pleaded not responsible to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault in California involving 5 ladies.
Siebel Newsom is the fourth girl Weinstein is accused of sexually assaulting who has taken the stand in Los Angeles. Her testimony was probably the most dramatic and emotional to date within the three-week trial. She cried all through her 2 1/2 hours on the stand, starting with when she was requested to establish the 70-year-old Weinstein for the report.
“He is sporting a go well with, and a blue tie, and he is observing me,” she stated as tears started to circulate.
Now 48, Siebel Newsom described how Weinstein first approached her to introduce himself on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant in 2005. On the time, she was a producer and actor with just a few small roles, and he was on the top of his Hollywood energy.
“It felt just like the Pink Sea was parting,” she stated as she watched others within the room make method for him. “I do not know if it was deference or concern.”
However she stated after they had a drink later within the day he was “charming” and confirmed “a real curiosity in speaking about my work.”
He was within the Los Angeles space just a few weeks later, stopping by her dwelling throughout a small get together to drop off a present and alluring her to the resort assembly.
‘I did not know the right way to escape’
She described how nervous she was after being directed to his resort suite. Requested by Deputy District Lawyer Marlene Martinez why she did not stroll away, she stated: “Since you do not say no to Harvey Weinstein.”
“He might make or wreck your profession,” she stated.
Afterward, she stated she felt “a lot disgrace.”
“I used to be so violated and I do not understand how that occurred,” she stated, sobbing. “I did not see the clues and I did not know the right way to escape.”
Siebel Newsom is called Jane Doe #4 on the trial, and just like the others Weinstein is charged with raping or sexually assaulting, her identify will not be being spoken in courtroom. However each the prosecution and the protection have recognized her because the governor’s spouse in the course of the trial, and Siebel Newsom’s lawyer confirmed to The Related Press and different information shops that she is Jane Doe #4.
The AP doesn’t sometimes identify individuals who say they’ve been sexually abused except they’ve come ahead publicly.
Weinstein has had many well-known accusers, together with A-list actors, since he turned a magnet for the #MeToo motion in 2017. However not one of the ladies telling their tales on the trial have had anyplace close to the prominence of Siebel Newsom — partner of the person who final week sailed to a second time period as governor of the nation’s most populous state, and should make a run for the White Home. The governor was not within the courtroom Monday.
Throughout cross-examination, Weinstein lawyer Mark Werksman pressed Siebel Newsom repeatedly about when she instructed her husband concerning the assault, mentioning in a transcript of a 2020 interview with prosecutors that she stated Newsom was “possibly” the primary particular person she instructed. The lawyer was the primary to say the identify “Gavin Newsom” in the course of the testimony, and repeated it typically.
She stated she “dropped hints alongside the way in which” by means of the years after assembly him when he was San Francisco mayor. And he acquired the total account when ladies’s tales about Weinstein turned widespread in 2017. He would return former political donations from Weinstein then.
The influence of trauma
Werksman urged that the couple sought the donations from Weinstein at a time when Newsom will need to have recognized her story.
He took cash “from anyone you hinted had accomplished one thing despicable to you?” Werksman requested.
“It is complicated,” Siebel Newsom responded.
“Effectively is that simply politics,” Werksman requested, “that you just simply take cash from somebody who has accomplished one thing despicable to your spouse except everyone finds out about it?”
Siebel Newsom denied the suggestion from Werksman that new components of the alleged assault that she had not described in interviews with prosecutors or grand jury testimony got here up for the primary time in her testimony Tuesday.
He stated he wished to know why her story modified.
“All of us heard you being very emotional,” he stated. “You’ve got had plenty of time to consider it previously 17 years.”
Siebel Newsom stated she had spent a lot of that point making an attempt not to consider it.
“It’s extremely traumatic, sir,” she stated.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Dickies is leaving Cowtown for the California coast, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
The 102-year-old Texas workwear brand, which is owned by VF Corp., is making the move from Fort Worth to Costa Mesa in order to be closer to its sister brand, Vans.
Dickies was founded in Fort Worth in 1922 by E.E. “Colonel” Dickie. Today, Dickies Arena is the entertainment hub of the city and home of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
The company is expected to make the move by May. Approximately 120 employees will be affected, the report said.
By moving one of its offices closer to the other, VF Corp. says it can “consolidate its real estate portfolio,” as well as “create an even more vibrant campus,” Ashley McCormack, director of external communications at VF Corp. said in the report.
Dickies isn’t the only rugged brand owned by VF Corp. The company also has ownership of Timberland, The North Face and JanSport.
VF Corp. acquired Dickies in 2017 for $820 million.
“Their contributions to our city’s culture, economy and identity are immeasurable,” District 9 City Council member Elizabeth Beck, who represents the area of downtown Fort Worth where Dickies headquarters is currently located, said in a statement to the Fort Worth Report. “While we understand their business decision, it is bittersweet to see a company that started right here in Fort Worth take this next step. We are committed to supporting the employees who remain here and will work to honor the lasting imprint Dickies has left on our community.”
Caitlyn Jenner considers another run to become California governor
Caitlyn Jenner, the gold-medal Olympian-turned reality TV personality, is considering another run for Governor of California. This time, she says, if she were to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, she would “destroy her.”
SAN FRANCISCO – Caitlyn Jenner, the gold-medal Olympian-turned reality TV personality, is considering another run for Governor of California. This time, she says, if she were to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, she would “destroy her.”
Jenner, who publicly came out as transgender nearly 10 years ago, made a foray into politics when she ran as a Republican during the recall election that attempted to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021. Jenner only received one percent of the vote and was not considered a serious candidate.
Jenner posted this week on social media that she’s having conversations with “many people” and hopes to have an announcement soon about whether she will run.
Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th annual Womens March LA: Women Rising at Pershing Square on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
She has also posted in Trumpian-style all caps: “MAKE CA GREAT AGAIN!”
As for VP Harris, she has not indicated any future plans for when she leaves office. However, a recent poll suggests Harris would have a sizable advantage should she decide to run in 2026. At that point, Newsom cannot run again because of term limits.
If Jenner decides to run and wins, it would mark the nation and state’s first transgender governor.
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Northern California 6-year-old, parents hailed as heroes for saving woman who crashed into canal
LIVE OAK — A six-year-old and her parents are being called heroes by a Northern California community for jumping into a canal to save a 75-year-old woman who drove off the road.
It happened on Larkin Road near Paseo Avenue in the Sutter County community of Live Oak on Monday.
“I just about lost her, but I didn’t,” said Terry Carpenter, husband of the woman who was rescued. “We got more chances.”
Terry said his wife of 33 years, Robin Carpenter, is the love of his life and soulmate. He is grateful he has been granted more time to spend with her after she survived her car crashing off a two-lane road and overturning into a canal.
“She’s doing really well,” Terry said. “No broken bones, praise the Lord.”
It is what some call a miracle that could have had a much different outcome without a family of good Samaritans.
“Her lips were purple,” said Ashley Martin, who helped rescue the woman. “There wasn’t a breath at all. I was scared.”
Martin and her husband, Cyle Johnson, are being hailed heroes by the Live Oak community for jumping into the canal, cutting Robin out of her seat belt and pulling her head above water until first responders arrived.
“She was literally submerged underwater,” Martin said. “She had a back brace on. Apparently, she just had back surgery. So, I grabbed her brace from down below and I flipped her upward just in a quick motion to get her out of that water.”
The couple said the real hero was their six-year-old daughter, Cayleigh Johnson.
“It was scary,” Cayleigh said. “So the car was going like this, and it just went boom, right into the ditch.”
Cayleigh was playing outside and screamed for her parents who were inside the house near the canal.
I spoke with Robin from her hospital bed over the phone who told us she is in a lot of pain but grateful.
“The thing I can remember is I started falling asleep and then I was going over the bump and I went into the ditch and that’s all I remember,” Robin said.
It was a split-second decision for a family who firefighters said helped save a stranger’s life.
“It’s pretty unique that someone would jump in and help somebody that they don’t even know,” said Battalion Chief for Sutter County Fire Richard Epperson.
Robin is hopeful that she will be released from the hospital on Wednesday in time to be home for Thanksgiving.
“She gets Thanksgiving and Christmas now with her family and grandkids,” Martin said.
Terry and Robin are looking forward to eventually meeting the family who helped save Robin’s life. The family expressed the same feelings about meeting the woman they helped when she is out of the hospital.
“I can’t wait for my baby to get home,” Terry said.
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