New Weinstein accuser set to take stand

Harvey Weinstein may know what to expect from two of the women set to testify against him.

But he could hear as soon as this week from a third accuser who didn’t testify at his 2020 trial—adding a wrinkle to a retrial that may otherwise track the prior proceeding.

“The defense will have to decide in the courtroom how they’re going to cross her,” Julie Rendelman, a criminal defense attorney and former Brooklyn prosecutor, told me.

It’s “fair game” for the defense to cross-examine the other two witnesses about discrepancies between their testimonies now versus 2020, Rendelman said, ...