'Weinstein Trial: Expert Testifies About Rape Victim Behaviors
Testifies About Rape Victim Behaviors
“Most of
the things people believe are not accurate or supported by facts,” Ziv said, telling the
Ziv is
a forensic psychiatrist and licensed physician who specializes in all aspects of sexual assault, assessing
Ziv testified
as an expert in Weinstein’s first criminal trial in New York City in 2020, as
“You testified
about rape myths … Those are broad generalizations about conduct,” Jackson said, to which Ziv replied, “
Ziv was
called on by the prosecution as an expert to bolster their case
“If people
don’t report promptly, they say they don’t remember years later,” Ziv said
“It’s not
that they’re lying … people try to give their best … they are trying to
Ziv explained
that while police sometimes use those “memory problems” to say a victim is not credible,
Rapes often
occur among people who know each other, despite most people believing assaults are usually by
“Most people
are raped by somebody who is known to them,” she told the jury
Macklemore Talks About His
New Single ‘Faithful’, Sobriety, Fatherhood &