• A judge ruled on Friday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault trial that Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of the disgraced movie mogul’s victims.
• Gibson can testify in support of his masseuse and friend, who will be referred to as Jane Doe #3 during the trial, according to Judge Lisa B. Lench’s decision.
• One of the 11 rape and sexual assault charges against Weinstein, 70, in his trial, is the sexual battery by constraint against the lady.

A judge ruled on Friday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault trial that Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of the disgraced movie mogul’s victims.

One of the numerous witnesses, and by far the most well-known, whose names were made public in the Los Angeles Superior Court was the 66-year-old actor and filmmaker. The judge and attorneys had paused the jury selection process to consider motions regarding the admissibility of evidence and the qualifications of potential witnesses. The trial’s witness list is confidential.

Gibson can testify in support of his masseuse and friend, who will be referred to as Jane Doe #3 during the trial, according to Judge Lisa B. Lench’s decision. One of the 11 rape and sexual assault charges against Weinstein, 70, in his trial, is the sexual battery by constraint against the lady.

According to the prosecution, in May 2010, after receiving a massage from a woman at a Beverly Hills hotel in California, Weinstein followed her into the bathroom and engaged in sexual activity. Weinstein has entered a not-guilty plea and refuted any extramarital sexual act.

Gibson’s testimony was rejected by Weinstein’s legal team on the grounds that what Gibson learned from the lady while receiving a massage from her did not qualify as the woman’s “new complaint” under the statute under which Gibson would testify. According to California law, a “fresh complaint” entitles the plaintiff to introduce evidence of a sexual assault or other offense if the victim did so freely and relatively soon after the incident.

According to the prosecution, when Gibson accidentally brought up Weinstein’s name, the woman had a terrible reaction, and Gibson inferred from her that she had experienced sexual assault. Gibson did not recall when the conversation took place, but the prosecution will call Allison Weiner as a second witness because she had a memory of the conversation taking place in 2015.

When the accuser takes the stand, Judge Lench said Gibson’s evidence will rely on how she describes their conversation, and she may decide to reject it then.

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