Weinstein's lawyers say they will use dozens of"loving emails"in a bid to prove the sexual encounters were consensual.
The judge was visibly angry as he asked Weinstein:“Is this really the way you want to end up in jail for the rest of your life,by texting and violating a court order?”
Weinstein hobbled into court leaning on a walker and with a member of his team holding his arm for the start of his landmark rape trial.
More than two years and a lifetime ago,Hollywood's open secrets about Harvey Weinstein finally spilled into public view.
The tentative settlement does not resolve a separate criminal case against Weinstein in New York over multiple accusations of sexual assault.