You Don’t Have to be a Sexist to be Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Counsel, But it Helps
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Harvey Weinstein’s defense lawyer, a self-described “ultimate feminist,” proudly said Friday she has never been a victim of sexual assault—because she would never put herself “in that position.”
Donna Rotunno, who is representing Weinstein at his sex-crimes trial in New York, made the victim-shaming claim toward the end of a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times podcast The Daily.
When reporter Megan Twohey asked if she’d ever experienced a sexual assault, Rotunno replied, “I have not.” She then paused before adding, “Because I would never put myself in that position.”
“So you’re saying, I’m sorry, so you’re saying that you have never been sexually assaulted because you would never put yourself in the position of being sexually assaulted?” Twohey responded, shocked by her answer.
“No, I’ve always made choices from college-age on where I never drank too much, I never went home with someone I didn’t know, I just never put myself in any vulnerable circumstance,” she said. “Ever.”
I had thought that the “ultimate feminist” title came down to Lisa Blatt or Amy Chua, but I must admit that this is a strong entry, and not her first.
In related news, I screened Where’s My Roy Cohn? yesterday, and it’s very good. No matter what period of history it’s focused on at the time, it’s about Donald Trump’s America.