Overview
- Prosecutors opened the trial Thursday by telling jurors Weinberg posed as an amateur photographer to lure seven women to his Los Feliz home and by showing dozens of graphic images they say document the assaults.
- The defense told jurors Weinberg may have acted creepily but argued the encounters were consensual and suggested some accusations were tied to a bitter divorce and custody fight.
- The first of seven accusers, Rachel K., has testified and prosecutors plan to call forensic psychologist Barbara Ziv to explain common victim responses that can appear inconsistent with a report of assault.
- Weinberg faces 23 felony counts that include forcible oral copulation, sexual battery, attempted sexual penetration, sexual penetration with force and forcible rape and he has been jailed since 2022 after his bail was revoked.
- Weinberg’s longtime TV credits are central to prosecution claims that he cultivated trust to lure victims and dozens of other potential victims came forward after his 2022 arrest, a development that frames the scope and stakes of the case for jurors and survivors.