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movie Producer Harvey Weinstein has appeared before a court in Manhattan to face charges of rape and sexual assault.

He was accused, the sexual misconduct of More Than 80 women, but according to the charges, to name just two.

The Movie mogul has admitted that he "caused a lot of pain," said but, all his relationships were consensual.

Outside the court, some of his accusers, including the Actresses Rosanna Arquette and Rose Mcgowan demanded he be held accountable.

His sworn, mount lawyers have an aggressive defense. The claims against him, contributed to the #MeToo and the time of the movements against sexual immorality.

Mr. Weinstein, once one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, five faces charges including rape and sexual assault, and could go to prison For Life .

Jury selection began on Monday with the negotiation properly in about Two Weeks , is expected to start.

As he was during his bond hearing in December, Mr Weinstein, a stroller, as he is at the court building in downtown New York City.

His lawyers say, he calls the medical device due to a back injury.

At The Scene , Ritu Prasad, Bbc News , New York

Harvey Weinstein entered the court room, in near silence, hunched over a Walker in a black suit. He was described as frail in recent weeks, and Today it is changed in the course of the process between the down or by pressing with the hand against his face.

This is the first pre-trial proceedings of the Hollywood movie-mogul were also characterized by a series of sharp exchanges between the prosecution and the producers of the defense team. There were tensions over sensitive photographs to the jurors during the process, and blackened the objection that the treatment of witness evidence;.

Mr Weinstein, the defense claims, however, that "he is in search of a mistrial" - a conclusion.

As this first debate was in The State of New York courthouse, outside, several protesters with The Silence Breakers " group, spoke to The Press .

the actress Rose Mcgowan , who say that Mr Weinstein addressed was your statement: "Today is staring at Lady Justice, a super-robber, You . "

It is a good indicator, which means in this case, so Many are the culmination of years of social movements in the struggle to improve the rights of women in the U.S. justice system.

At the end of this first day of the proceedings, judge James Burke said the jury selection would begin, as normal as possible, although he acknowledged that the search for jurors in a timely manner can be an "ambitious" notion.

Thus dismissed, Mr. Weinstein left The Room , so he went down to him slowly the aisle, expressionless.

Mr Weinstein, the Speech behind hit movies such as Shakespeare in Love, The King 's and "Pulp Fiction ," accused of the rape of a woman in a hotel room in 2013, and to have been sexually attacked, the other in his apartment in 2006.

He was charged in may 2018, according to the New York Times and the New Yorker at the same time, the bomb published reports about his alleged misconduct.

He is a $1m Deposit (£760,000) was in The Following month after the payment.

Rosanna Arquette , who says Mr Weinstein sabotaged her acting career after she rejected Mr. Weinstein ' s progress, told reporters outside the court that "the time is up on the pervasive culture of silence, the perpetrators, such as cream of Tartar".

addressing Mr Weinstein, actress Rose Mcgowan - who says she was raped by the Film Producer : "she brought harm on herself a lot. They have only themselves to blame. "

with reference to his walker, has been argued by some that he is only to be used in an attempt to garner sympathy from the court, She Said , "I think he has some good acting tips. "

In criminal cases, like Mr. Weinstein, of the U.S. Constitution guarantees The Right to examination by an impartial jury.

is selected from A large pool of prospective jurors randomly from lists of registered voters and is quickly whittled down by the lawyers questions about their knowledge of the case.

- studies in which high-profile defendants, the potential jurors were exposed to the public will be prejudiced about the case, and, therefore, could.

the jury in the case of the Weinstein study, will inevitably lead to questions about the #MeToo movement, but it is difficult to find people who are not affected by The Blaze of publicity that surrounds it.

This is why Two Weeks was set aside for the Weinstein case. It took three weeks to find jurors for the OJ Simpson murder case. to be

in order to be eligible, a person must: be a U. S. citizen, at least 18 years of age; a resident within the jurisdiction of the court.

Those who are qualified, summoned to court, where she was involved the questioning by the judges and lawyers in the case, a process of so-called "voir dire" (derived from the Latin phrase "tell The Truth "). She Said to see or to read the news about the case during The Trial period.

prosecution and defense of faith, against The Selection of the jury, if You have reason to prejudice the case. For example, objections can be raised to a juror who personally knows the defendant or has strong prejudices against them.

the lawyers can exclude the possibility that a certain number of jurors, but not on the basis of race, gender, or class. The jurors are then Sworn In , marking the start of the study proper.

Source of news: bbc.com