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Well, Steven and Natasha, I did just come outside of the courtroom, and just a few moments
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ago, we have breaking news from Arthur Idalla, the attorney for Harvey Weinstein
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He said that the judge ruled at the very end of the day, as we were getting set up for
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the live shot here, that the judge ruled that Weinstein can return to Bellevue Hospital
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and does not have to stay on Rikers Island. Now, this has been a key issue for Weinstein to try to get off Rikers Island, to get out
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of there and to get into the hospital. His attorney, Arthur Idal, is saying that he is
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suffering from various health conditions, battling health conditions, and needs to be in a medical
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facility as this trial proceeds. Now, today, the big news also was the prosecution's key witness
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took the stand, and she testified that she stayed in contact with Weinstein for several years
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despite his initially disturbing behavior, where he asked her to give him a massage
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or asked to give her a massage, all in the hopes of getting a job
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Now, Harvey Weinstein looked down at his jacket for much of the testimony of Miriam Haley
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who claims he sexually assaulted her in 2006. When she first met him in 2004, she was an unemployed European immigrant
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looking for an off-the-books job with the Weinstein Company. Haley testified after Weinstein initially inappropriate come she stayed in touch with him eventually getting an off job as a production assistant for a day cash on Project Runway When that ended she reached out to Weinstein
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again. Haley testified in the first trial that she went to Weinstein's apartment, where he
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allegedly shoved her onto a bed and allegedly sexually assaulted her. Her civil attorney
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Gloria Allred, spoke outside of court, explaining why Haley felt it was important to take the stand
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again. Well, it was a difficult decision. It took a while for her to think about it. It's a big
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commitment of time, mostly of emotion, having to relive the traumatic events to which she testified
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in the first trial. She doesn't live in New York. She had to come from quite a distance. I'm not
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going to say where she lives, but she came from quite a distance away. And she did it for only
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one reason, because it's for the cause of justice. Now, Arthur Idalla, Weinstein's attorney, has said about these allegations by all three of the
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victims in this case, that these are not sexual assaults, that these were basically situations
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friends with benefits type of situations. He'll have his turn to cross-examine Haley
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most likely coming tomorrow. That's the latest from here at 100 Center Street Criminal Court
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I'm Lisa Evers, Fox 5 News. Steve and Natasha, back to you
