Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says she's never been sexually assaulted 'because I would never put myself in that position'

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(CNN) The lead defense attorney in Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial said in an interview that she has never been sexually assaulted "because I would never put myself in that position."

In an interview Friday on The Daily podcast , Donna Rotunno, was asked whether she had ever been the victim of a sexual assault.

"I have not because I would never put myself in that position," she said on the New York Times podcast. "I've always made choices from college age on where I never drank too much. I never went home with someone that I didn't know. I just never put myself in any vulnerable circumstances ever."

"Do you believe every woman who's been sexually assaulted somehow put herself in that position -- whether it was having drinks or agreeing to go to a hotel room?" asked New York Times reporter Megan Twohey, co-author of "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement."

"Absolutely not but just as we make smart decisions when we walk out on the street at night, I think you have to make the same decision when your putting yourself in circumstances with other people," Rotunno added.

Iforgot_my_other_pw on February 8th, 2020 at 02:52 UTC »

Women were commiting suicide when they saw the Mongolian army approaching to avoid being raped. See? There's always an alternative! /s

ObviouslyImAtWork on February 8th, 2020 at 00:44 UTC »

I heard this interview just a bit ago. This is the perfect subreddit. I was thinking the entire time that these couldn't seriously be the arguments she was making as his lawyer. Saying the women should take responsibility and that they nor their careers were ever in real danger. That we should "look at what the ordeal is doing to Mr Weinstein physically." Might as well have said "Well what were they wearing?" Sure everyone gets their defense, but maybe don't pick that strategy. *edit:grammar

Sakanutai on February 7th, 2020 at 23:17 UTC »

200IQ defense argument right here. All these women had to do was not put themselves in the situation they were in! How did anyone not think of this sooner?