MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women, including some who said he ignored pleas of "no, no, no" and justified his behavior as the cost of getting ahead in Hollywood.
Now Weinstein's lawyers are calling witnesses of their own as the landmark celebrity trial moves one step closer to a verdict. They haven't said whether Weinstein himself will testify. Doing so could bring big risks because prosecutors would be able to grill him about each of the allegations that jurors have already heard about in vivid detail.
When the prosecution rested, Weinstein attorney Donna Rotunno immediately asked the judge to dis
