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The first defense witness in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial acknowledged on Thursday sending messages to the former producer in which he disparaged the "dog pile of actresses" who had accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Writer Paul Feldsher testified for the defense that actress Annabella Sciorra told him in the early 1990s that she had a sexual encounter with Weinstein but did not say she had been raped. Under cross-examination by prosecutors, Feldsher, who was a friend of Sciorra's, acknowledged that he had been in regular contact with Weinstein since allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against the former producer.