A producer who says disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped her over seven years says she wants him deposed for a lawsuit even though she might accept a settlement. Alexandra Canosa, a producer on Netflix's Marco Polo, maintained late Monday in court papers that depositions will help her decide whether to accept a settlement approved last week by a Delaware bankruptcy court judge. Of the USD 35 million set aside for creditors, the settlement calls for roughly half to go to Weinstein's accusers. Attorney Thomas Giuffra said in the Manhattan federal court filing that Canosa will decide whether to settle after seeing depositions and learning the size of a payout.

"Ms. Canosa will have a monumental settlement decision to make," he wrote. The lawyer said Canosa was deposed last week and Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob should face questions too. "It is not fair or equitable that Ms. Canosa as a victim of horrendous abuse should be subjected to a lengthy and intrusive deposition so that Defendants could evaluate her claims while being deprived of the same opportunity by deposing her abuser and his principal enabler," Giuffra wrote. Late Tuesday, Manhattan Judge Paul A. Engelmayer reiterated that the Weinstein brothers must be deposed by February 12. He said he could drop the deadline if Giuffra doesn't adequately explain why Canosa doesn't yet know how much she'd collect from the settlement or if Harvey Weinstein's lawyers convince him the imprisoned Weinstein is too ill to be deposed. In her lawsuit, Canosa alleged she was raped, sexually abused, intimidated and harassed from 2010 until September 2017, during what Harvey Weinstein maintained were business meetings.