In a wild turn of events, model Gigi Hadid has been dismissed on the eighth day of jury selection for Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hadid was a potential juror for the criminal trial against Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 70 women.
During the model’s conversation with Judge James Burke, Hadid confirmed that she has met the disgraced movie producer and Salma Hayek, who is one of his accusers.
“Is there anything about having met them that makes you unable to be an impartial juror?” Burke asked Hadid, per the outlet.
She replied: “I think I’m still able to keep an open mind on the facts.” Hadid was then asked to return on Thursday, January 16, for additional questioning.
Hayek called Weinstein her “monster” in an op-ed published by The New York Times in December 2017. (Weinstein denied the allegations.)
“Harvey Weinstein was a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster. For years, he was my monster,” the actress, who worked with Weinstein on the 2002 film Frida, wrote.
“No to opening the door to him at all hours of the night, hotel after hotel, location after location, where he would show up unexpectedly, including one location where I was doing a movie he wasn’t even involved with. No to me taking a shower with him. No to letting him watch me take a shower. No to letting him give me a massage. No to letting a naked friend of his give me a massage. No to letting him give me oral sex. No to my getting naked with another woman.”
