Jury Duty

In The Trials of Weinstein and Masterson: Journey to Trial and Jury Selection, Molly Miller and Brittany Bookbinder offer overviews of each defendant's journey to trial, as well as the jury selection process in each case. We follow that with a conversation with both reporters about the status of both trials.

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Kary Antholis:

Season Seven of Jury Duty focuses on two sexual assault trials which are taking place at the same time ON THE SAME FLOOR of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles… These are the trials of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson. Because neither of these trials will be recorded, we are shaking up our Jury Duty format. Two times per week, on Mondays and Thursdays, you will hear new episodes with reports from journalists who are in the courtrooms as these trials are happening. We will also present periodic bonus episodes to catch you up on breaking news in both trials. Here with introductions to each of these trials are our correspondents Molly Miller and Brittany Bookbinder:

Molly Miller

Hi I’m Molly Miller covering the trial of Legendary Hollywood Mogul, Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein is currently serving a 23 year prison sentence after being convicted of rape and criminal sexual assault in New York in 2020. In his LA trial, which is expected to last six to eight weeks, he faces 4 counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, 2 counts of sexual battery by restraint, and one count of sexual penetration by use of force. 

Brittany Bookbinder

I’m Brittany Bookbinder. Down the hall from the Weinstein courtroom, Television actor Danny Masterson faces trial on three counts of forcible rape dating back to 2001 and 2003. Much of the media attention so far has focused on the fact that Masterson is a member of the Church of Scientology as were his alleged victims. While Judge Charlene Olmedo has taken pains to declare that Scientology is not on trial, there will be testimony at trial about the practices of Scientology as context for why the women waited a decade to report the alleged attacks to the police.

In The Trials of Weinstein and Masterson: Introduction, Molly and Brittany offer us an overview of the charges against each defendant and context on the early days of each of their trials.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Defendant’s Assistant Trainer 2, we conclude our examination of the testimony of Justin Hardin, an assistant equestrian trainer who worked for Michael Barisone.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: Sidebar On State of Mind Evidence, we hear arguments over Defense Attorney Edward Bilinkas’s objection to Prosecutor Schellhorn’s question to Justin Hardin regarding the defendant’s awareness of disciplinary actions against another equestrian trainer.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Defendant’s Assistant Trainer 1, we begin our breakdown of the direct examination of Justin Hardin, an assistant equestrian trainer who worked for Michael Barisone..

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Defendant’s Girlfriend 3, we conclude our breakdown of Mary Haskins Gray’s time on the witness stand including her cross-examination by Barisone’s attorney Edward Bilinkas.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Defendant’s Girlfriend 2, we continue our breakdown of Mary Haskins Gray’s time on the witness stand through the end of Prosecutor Christopher Schellhorn’s direct examination.

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Jury Duty: The Trials of Weinstein and Masterson — Trailer

Kary Antholis:

Beginning next Monday, October 24, we are going to pause our coverage of the attempted murder trial of Michael Barisone, and shift our attention to two high profile Los Angeles Trials. Season Seven of Jury Duty will focus on two sexual assault trials — the trials of Harvey Weinstein and Danny Masterson — which are taking place at the same time ON THE SAME FLOOR of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Courts Building in downtown LA. Two times per week, on Mondays and Thursdays, you will hear new episodes with reports from journalists who are in the courtrooms as these trials are happening. Here to introduce each of these trials are our correspondents Molly Miller and Brittany Bookbinder

Molly Miller:

Hi I’m Molly Miller covering the trial of Legendary Hollywood Mogul, Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein is currently serving a 23 year prison sentence after being convicted of rape and criminal sexual assault in New York in 2020. In his LA trial, which is expected to last six to eight weeks, he faces 4 counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, 2 counts of sexual battery by restraint, and one count of sexual penetration by use of force.

Brittany Bookbinder:

I’m Brittany Bookbinder. Down the hall from the Weinstein courtroom, Television actor Danny Masterson faces trial on three counts of forcible rape dating back to 2001 and 2003. Much of the media attention so far has focused on the fact that Masterson is a member of the Church of Scientology as were his alleged victims. While Judge Charlene Olmedo has taken pains to declare that Scientology is not on trial, there will be testimony at trial about the practices of Scientology as context for why the women waited a decade to report the alleged attacks to the police.

Kary Antholis:

So join us starting October 24 for Jury Duty: The Trials of Weinstein and Masterson on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you want to get Season Seven’s episodes early and ad-free head over to our Jury Duty—Crime Story Patreon page.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Defendant’s Girlfriend 1, we begin our look at the testimony of Mary Haskins Gray, the defendant’s girlfriend and assistant dressage trainer.

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In The Trial of Michael Barisone: The Lead CSI Detective’s Testimony 3, we conclude our look at Prosecutor Christopher Schellhorn’s direct examination of the Kanarek shooting lead crime scene investigator, Bryan Bailey. We also explore the beginning of Defense Attorney Edward Bilinkas’s cross examination of the detective.

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For more of Crime Story and Jury Duty — including ad-free episodes of the upcoming season; Kary Antholis's Storyteller Interviews with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon and George Pelecanos; and all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion pieces and interviews— subscribe on Patreon for just $5 per month.

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