Weinstein has suffered "tremendously" in detention on Rikers Island and the lawyers want the judge to order he can remain in hospital instead of prison for the duration of the trial. Weinstein's state of mind is "committed to trying to clear his name in light of these allegations", Ansari explains.

"The defendant wanted their bodies, and the more they resisted, the more forceful he got," ADA Shannon Lucey said in her opening statement

Opening statements in Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo rape retrial began Wednesday with a prosecutor telling jurors about three allegations at issue in the case.