Harvey Weinstein trial: Gigi Hadid could be a juror

By Chris Francescani & Lesley Messer

Supermodel Gigi Hadid will be one of about 130 to 140 New Yorkers who will return for further questioning as prospective jurors in the Harvey Weinstein case later this week.

That number will likely climb to 160 or 170 tomorrow, and it is not a given that she will be selected to serve on the jury.

While in the courtroom, Hadid told Justice James Burke that although she'd met Weinstein and one of his sexual misconduct accusers, Salma Hayek, she believes she could "keep an open mind on the facts."

Hadid was photographed leaving the courthouse, but she did not answer any questions.

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In this photo taken from video, super model Gigi Hadid walks out of a Manhattan court, Jan. 13, 2020, in New York. Hadid is in the latest pool of 120 potential jurors summoned for Harvey Weinstein's rape trial.

In addition to having met Hayek, Hadid, 24, has been photographed with actress Cara Delevingne, who in 2017 claimed that Weinstein behaved inappropriately toward her in a hotel room.

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When I first started to work as an actress, i was working on a film and I received a call from‎ Harvey Weinstein asking if I had slept with any of the women I was seen out with in the media. It was a very odd and uncomfortable call....i answered none of his questions and hurried off the phone but before I hung up, he said to me that If I was gay or decided to be with a woman especially in public that I'd never get the role of a straight woman or make it as an actress in Hollywood. A year or two later, I went to a meeting with him in the lobby of a hotel with a director about an upcoming film. The director left the meeting and Harvey asked me to stay and chat with him. As soon as we were alone he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with and how he had made their careers and spoke about other inappropriate things of a sexual nature. He then invited me to his room. I quickly declined and asked his assistant if my car was outside. She said it wasn't and wouldn't be for a bit and I should go to his room. At that moment I felt very powerless and scared but didn't want to act that way hoping that I was wrong about the situation. When I arrived I was relieved to find another woman in his room and thought immediately I was safe. He asked us to kiss and she began some sort of advances upon his direction. I swiftly got up and asked him if he knew that I could sing. And I began to sing....i thought it would make the situation better....more professional....like an audition....i was so nervous. After singing I said again that I had to leave. He walked me to the door and stood in front of it and tried to kiss me on the lips. I stopped him and managed to get out of the room. I still got the part for the film and always thought that he gave it to me because of what happened. Since then I felt awful that I did the movie. I felt like I didn't deserve the part. I was so hesitant about speaking out....I didn't want to hurt his family. I felt guilty as if I did something wrong. I was also terrified that this sort of thing had happened to so many women I know but no one had said anything because of fear.

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Over the past two years, dozens of women have accused Weinstein, 67, of sexual misconduct. The disgraced movie mogul, 67, is facing five felony sexual assault charges in New York stemming from alleged attacks against two women -- one in 2006 and one in 2013. If convicted on the top charges, he could go to prison for life. The trial began last week, and jury selection has been slow-going. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex with anyone.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced last week the filing of four new felony counts of sexual assault against Weinstein involving two different women he allegedly attacked over a two-day period in California in 2013.