• Harvey Weinstein has been on trial for rape and sexual assault since the start of the month.

  • The former producer has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

  • Rose McGowan and Ronan Farrow had denounced Harvey Weinstein's use of former Mossad agents to hush up the affairs surrounding him.

Rose McGowan had mentioned the former Mossad agents hired by Harvey Weinstein to cover up the charges against him, and this new day of trial has just confirmed his statements.

New York firm Boies Schiller Flexner lawyer Dev Sen testified at the producer's trial.

He confirmed that his law firm put Harvey Weinstein in touch with private investigator firm Black Cube, whose agents are mostly former Israeli intelligence officials.

The lawyer testified that Boies Schiller Flexner and Black Cube signed a contract on July 11, 2017, three months before the

New York Times report appeared

.

The terms were passed "as directed by Weinstein," as the Guardian reports.

Prevent posting at all costs

Black Cube's mission was clear: "To provide the information that will help the client's efforts to completely stop the publication of a new negative article in a leading New York newspaper." If successful, it is specified that "Black Cube will receive a bonus of $ 300,000".

Another subject of investigation requested by Harvey Weinstein: Annabella Sciorra. The

Sopranos

actress

testified at the stand last week. She had also participated in the

New York Times

article that

sparked the downfall of the producer and the #MeToo movement. The involvement of former Mossad agents in hushing up the charges against Harvey Weinstein was also denounced by Ronan Farrow in an article in the

New Yorker

, published at the same time as that of the

New York Times

.

Harvey Weinstein has been accused by a hundred women of rape, harassment and sexual assault.

He is currently on trial in Manhattan following complaints filed by two of them, Jessica Mann and Miriam Haleyi, for facts located in 2006 and 2013. The former boss of Miramax has pleaded not guilty and faces life imprisonment.

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