Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey began the prosecution’s opening statement by quoting alleged remarks said by Weinstein, including “I make, I break careers.” Lucey also told the jury that Weinstein used “dream opportunities as weapons” against these women to take advantage of them.

Once all-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial is set to begin a year after a New York appeals court overturned his conviction.

Weinstein's retrial is playing out at a different cultural moment than the first, which happened during the height of the #MeToo movement. View on euronews