Jennifer Siebel Newsom cross-examined over Harvey Weinstein rape testimony, defense claims consensual sex

Jennifer Siebel Newsom was cross-examined in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday over testimony in which she claimed she was raped by Harvey Weinstein in 2005. 

Siebel Newsom is a documentarian and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

Weinstein’s attorney Mark Werksman asked Siebel Newsom, known as Jane Doe #4 in court documents, if she had confused the truth with her dreams after she said earlier she had "frequent nightmares" about her alleged rape after she met Weinstein at hotel room at the Peninsula in Beverly Hills. 

She denied Werksman’s suggestion that she may have had a "difficult time actually discerning what happened in a nightmare and what actually happened in a bedroom at the Peninsula Hotel," explaining that her testimony of the alleged attack had expanded recently as she allowed herself to remember the "painful" incident. 

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"As we’ve gotten closer to this, and it’s gotten more real, my need to clarify and be more detailed" has increased, Siebel Newsom said. "I had everything in a box, and I’ve been slowly sharing a little bit at a time, because this is so painful."

Siebel Newsom gave some details of the alleged rape under oath for the first time in emotional testimony Monday. 

Werksman claimed that she had consensual sex with Weinstein to help her career, pointing out that she stayed friendly with Weinstein after the alleged attack, something he claimed a rape victim wouldn’t do. 

He also said she didn’t make her lack of consent clear during the alleged attack. 

On Monday, Siebel Newsom described the "horror" of allegedly finding herself unexpectedly alone with Weinstein in a hotel room meeting that was supposed to be about her career.

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"I’m trembling. I’m like a rock, I’m frigid. This is my worst nightmare. I’m just this blow-up doll!" she testified through tears, saying the producer came out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a robe, then began to masturbate and grope her before raping her. 

She said when she initially told prosecutors and police about the alleged attack in 2020, she did it out of support for the other accusers, and she didn’t think it would lead to charges. 

"I offered to talk to detectives initially to support other women, not to be up here on the witness stand," she told Werksman. 

Werksman asked, "You’re the wife of the governor of California at the time, and you’re about to meet with the police and a deputy DA and you didn’t think that the consequence of what you said was that you would be a victim in an indictment in a criminal indictment?"

She answered, "I honestly was just telling my truth and I didn’t know what the outcome was going to be. Siebel Newsom added she thought her accusations were beyond the statute of limitations. California eliminated the statute of limitations for rape cases in 2016. 

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Siebel Newsom’s attorney Elizabeth Fegan said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday: "Over the last several days my client, Jane Doe 4, took the very difficult and painful step to publicly recount her sexual assault at the hands of Harvey Weinstein. She knew that it might have been easier to keep the memory of her 2005 assault buried, but she could not. She felt an obligation to herself, her family and most important, to the women who came forward as well as the women unable to speak out publicly. Throughout her testimony she demonstrated tremendous strength and resolve in telling her truth and stood fast as Weinstein’s defense team ruthlessly tried to discredit her. Her courage in the face of these harrowing circumstances is admirable."

Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence for rape in New York and has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of rape and sexual assault by five women in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, the judge dismissed four of the 11 counts at the request of prosecutors. 

Siebel Newsom was the last of four accusers to testify at the trial. A fifth woman, Jane Doe #5, did not testify and her charges involving forcible rape were dropped without explanation from prosecutors.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, spotted amid renewed claims of his involvement in tot's death

George Anthony was spotted outside his Florida home on Tuesday just hours after news of his daughter, Casey Anthony’s resurfaced claims that the man played a role in her daughter’s 2008 death. 

Photos obtained by Fox News Digital show George Anthony working outside his family’s Orlando, Florida, home on Tuesday afternoon. Anthony was wearing a dark-colored t-shirt and gray shorts as he was seen working in the garage and walking around the outside of the residence. 

The 71-year-old father would not immediately comment when contacted on Tuesday regarding his daughter’s renewed claims that he had something to do with two-year-old Caylee’s death, which remains unsolved nearly 14 years later. He previously denied having any involvement in Caylee's death or the disposal of her remains.

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Earlier on Tuesday, Fox News Digital was given an advance look at Peacock’s upcoming docuseries, "Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies." The three-part series includes interviews with Casey Anthony, members of her successful legal team, law enforcement investigators and current and former friends. Anthony’s lead defense attorney, Jose Baez, previously told Fox News Digital he was not involved in the project. 

Anthony provided new details and pinned the blame on her father, much like defense attorneys did during her 2011 trial. He has denied involvement. People.com was first to report about Anthony’s statements in the show. 

Casey also acknowledged in the show her history of lying extensively – including to law enforcement officers, for which she was later convicted – but said she had since changed. 

According to the docuseries, Anthony said she and her daughter had been resting together in her bed on June 16, 2008, when the mother "wasn’t feeling that great." She said she thought she had locked the door.

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"I was awoken by him (her father) shaking me and asking me where Caylee was," she said. "She would never even leave my room without telling me."

She went on, "I immediately started looking around the house. … I go outside, and I'm looking to see where she could be. She's not in her playhouse. Where is she?"

Asked if she had looked inside the pool, she said, "Didn't have to."

She then spotted her father "standing there with her."

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"She's soaking wet," she said. "He handed her to me and telling me that it was my fault. That I did that. That I caused it. But he didn't rush to call 911, or he wasn't trying to resuscitate her. I just collapsed with her in my arms."

Caylee was "heavy" and "cold," Anthony said.

George Anthony then changed his demeanor and took Caylee from his daughter, Casey Anthony said.

"He immediately softens his tone and tells me, ‘It’s going to be OK,’" she said. "That's what he said to me. I wanted to believe him. … He took her from me, and he walked away."

She said she did not believe her daughter had drowned and added that the above-ground pool had "no ladder" and there was "no way for her to shimmy up."

Casey Anthony then left and spent portions of the next 31 days with her boyfriend but kept quiet about what she had seen. She claimed that she "genuinely believed that Caylee was still alive."

"My father kept telling me she was OK," she said in the show. "I was in contact with my father daily. … I just wanted answers. ‘When am I going to see her? How much longer are we going to keep doing this? Is she OK?’"

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Caylee’s grandmother, George's wife Cindy, reported her missing on July 15, 2008, weeks after she was said to have been last seen on June 16. Anthony said her daughter was with a babysitter when they disappeared.

Casey Anthony was initially arrested for child neglect but was later charged with more serious counts, including first-degree murder, after Caylee's remains were discovered on Dec. 11.

After months of speculation surrounding the case and a trial that lasted more than a month, a jury deliberated for 11 hours before finding Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse. She was convicted of lying to law enforcement.

Baez, argued at trial that Caylee accidentally drowned and her death was then covered up. Prosecutors argued that Casey Anthony suffocated the girl using chloroform and then covered the toddler's mouth with duct tape.

Caylee's disappearance and death, and the criminal investigation and trial that followed, gripped the nation for years and captured headlines for days at a time.

"Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies," will air on Peacock on Nov. 29.

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