Gigi Hadid Dismissed From Potential Harvey Weinstein Juror List | THR News - video Dailymotion

She caused a stir Monday when she emerged as a potential juror, telling the judge she had met Weinstein but could be impartial.

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00:00It looks like Gigi Hadid won't be serving on the jury for Harvey Weinstein's criminal

00:04trial after all. The supermodel caused a stir earlier in the week when she was among

00:09hundreds of New Yorkers that sat in Judge James Burke's courtroom on Monday to

00:13potentially serve as a juror in Weinstein's case. At the time, Hadid expressed to the

00:18judge that she could be impartial even though she has met Weinstein in the past,

00:22as well as actress Salma Hayek, a possible witness in the case. The model was spotted

00:26again walking into the courthouse shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday but left just a

00:31few minutes later. Despite Hadid's insistence that she could, quote,

00:34"...keep an open mind on the facts," court officials confirmed that she was cut from the list

00:38of potential jurors. Following the attention her presence in court generated, the defense

00:43and prosecutors agreed that having her on the jury would be too much of a commotion.

00:47Burke has said he expects the jury panel to be seated in time for opening statements

00:51and testimony on January 22. He told prospective jurors that he expected the trial

00:55to finish up in early March. If convicted, Weinstein could face life in prison.

01:00For more updates to this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.