In May, the court is expected to hear the motion to overturn the verdict and, if is declines the motion, complete the sentencing on the same day.

During the hearing, Benjamin called the new information an “extraordinary additional development,” with “overwhelming evidence that she fabricated the story.”

The woman told police in December 2012 she was walking home when Weiner offered her a ride in his vehicle. She testified that Weiner drove past her Pantops-area home before rendering her unconscious with a chemical-soaked cloth and taking her to a vacant Shadwell home.

Benjamin has questioned the veracity of testimony that Weiner used the woman’s cellphone to send taunting text messages to her boyfriend from the vacant home.

The woman’s boyfriend called 911 after receiving the texts and the woman, who did not call the police, testified that she escaped from Weiner and her cellphone battery died.

The woman testified in court that she had never been to the house before. But in the affidavits filed by Weiner’s lawyers, Michael R. Pesca and Stephanie Houchens said they would hang out with friends at the Richmond Road house and that they had been there with the woman prior to December 2012.