DEFENSE: ‘FACTS MATTER, EVIDENCE MATTERS’

Weinstein lawyer Donna Rotunno suggested Thursday that prosecutors created an “alternative universe” and a “sinister tale” because they lacked evidence to convict the former studio boss.

“In their story, they have created a universe that strips adult women of common sense, autonomy and responsibility,” Rotunno said. “It is offensive, actually.”

Rotunno, a #MeToo critic, argued that the two women Weinstein is charged with attacking were opportunists who willingly latched on to the powerful producer and acquiesced to sex because they thought it would help their careers.

Rotunno, continuing a theme of the defense’s case, seized on the women’s warm emails and other communications with Weinstein that continued for months and years after the alleged attacks.

Referring to prosecutors, she said: “In their universe, (Weinstein’s accusers) are not even responsible for sitting at their computers sending emails to someone across the country.”

“In this script, the powerful man is the villain, and he’s so unattractive and large that no woman would ever want to sleep with him voluntarily. Regret does not exist in this world, only regret renamed as rape,” the lawyer continued.

Wrapping up remarks that went on for more than 4½ hours, Rotunno told jurors: “facts matter, evidence matters, and when this case is over, we know that you’ll do the right thing because justice demands it.”

As he left court Thursday, Weinstein said he “loved” Rotunno’s closing. “I made ‘The King’s Speech.’ It was the queen’s speech,” he quipped.