Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, will testify against Harvey Weinstein in his upcoming LA trial

Governor Gavin Newsom (R) and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom arrive during the 13th Annual California Hall of Fame induction ceremony at The California Museum on December 10, 2019 in Sacramento, California. Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is set to testify against Harvey Weinstein.

Weinstein faces 11 counts of sexual assault stemming from five women’s allegations in an upcoming LA trial. He is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York following an East coast trial. Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s upcoming Los Angeles criminal trial will bring him face-to-face with several women who have accused the convicted sex offender of assault, including California Gov.

Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Prosecutors have charged Weinstein with 11 counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations by five different women who accused the one-time producer of abusing them in expensive LA hotels between 2004 and 2013. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison following an East Coast trial but faces an additional 135 years in prison heading into the October trial, according to prosecutors.

The five women whose allegations constitute the criminal charges are set to testify in open court, according to the Los Angeles Times, which was first to report Siebel Newsom among the planned witnesses. Four additional women are also set to take the stand and speak to Weinstein’s pattern of abuse, the outlet reported. Weinstein has repeatedly denied the accusations against him.

Elizabeth Fegan, an attorney for Siebel Newsom, confirmed to Insider that her client plans to testify against Weinstein in the coming weeks. “Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,” Fegan said. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women.

“Siebel Newsom, who has been married to the governor since 2008, publicly accused Weinstein of assault in an October 2017 HuffPost essay, soon after the start of the #MeToo movement. —Jennifer Siebel Newsom (@JenSiebelNewsom) October 6, 2017 She expressed her support for the group of women who had recently made allegations against Weinstein in a series of New York Times and New Yorker articles, writing that she, too, experienced similar predatory behavior from the producer. “I was naive, new to the industry, and didn’t know how to deal with his aggressive advances ― work invitations with a friend late-night at The Toronto Film Festival, and later an invitation to meet with him about a role in The Peninsula Hotel, where staff were present and then all of a sudden disappeared like clockwork, leaving me alone with this extremely powerful and intimidating Hollywood legend,” she wrote at the time.

 Siebel Newsom did not delve into specifics of the alleged assault in her essay, but court documents reviewed by the LA Times offered some insight into her accusation. The women who testify against Weinstein will reportedly be referred to as Jane Does or with their first names and last initials during official court proceedings. Three people familiar with the matter told the LA Times that Siebel Newsom is reportedly identified as “Jane Doe 4” in charging documents.

Jane Doe 4 accused Weinstein of forcible rape in an incident sometime between September 2004 and September 2005, according to the outlet.  Weinstein’s LA trial kicked off Monday with jury selection, which could take as long as two weeks. The trial itself is expected to last several weeks and could stretch into December.

 Los Angeles County prosecutors originally charged Weinstein in early 2020, but the trial was postponed amid Weinstein’s other legal proceedings in New York.  Read the original article on Insider.