Annabella Sciorra took the stand Thursday and delivered a graphic account of her alleged assault
Annabella Sciorrra Photo: JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock At 9:48 a.m., Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra entered a packed Manhattan courtroom through a side door, walked toward the witness stand, and sat calmly behind the microphone. She was moments away from testifying against Harvey Weinstein, whom she accused of raping and forcing oral sex on her around late 1993. Weinstein looked at her when she took the stand.Sciorra started to stand. “Yes.
“He shoved me onto the bed,” Sciorra alleged. “As I was trying to get him off of me, I was punching him, I was kicking him.” “It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual,” she continued. “I didn’t really even know what was happening, it was like a seizure or something.”
Sciorra said she later ran into Weinstein and tried confronting him. “I tried to talk to him about what happened,” she said. “And I told him how I woke up, and that I had blacked out, fainted, and he said, ‘That’s what all the nice Catholic girls say.’ Then he leaned into me and said, ‘This remains between you and I.’”
“Ms. Sciorra, isn’t it correct that you told your friend … that you had awkward sex with Harvey Weinstein?” Rotunno asked.“Ms. Sciorra in your movies, you’re a professional actress correct?” she asked.“And you act and play whatever role that requires of you?” Donna said shortly thereafter.Weinstein appeared more interested and alert during Rotunno’s cross-examination than he had at almost any other point of the trial. He kept his eyes focused on her throughout much of the exchange.
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