One of two women that Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sexually assaulting took the witness stand on Monday.
January 28, 2020, 1:17 AMThe prosecutors used opening arguments on Wednesday to call the disgraced movie mogul a “sexual predator, a rapist” and “a monster.”is on trial for sexually assaulting took the witness stand on Monday to describe how the Hollywood producer violently sexually assaulted her and explain why she returned to him within a month and endured a second unwanted sexual encounter.
After shooting wrapped, she reached out to Weinstein to thank him for the opportunity and he invited her for a drink. They had a"very pleasant" meeting in June 2006 at the lobby of the Mercer Hotel, she testified, where he"was very respectful, even charming." He offered to have her return to"Project Runway" the next season.
Harvey Weinstein departs his sexual assault trial at New York Criminal Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Jan. 24, 2020.He"barged" into her apartment, she said, and again asked about Paris, despite her declining. A driver escorted her to his apartment, she said, and left. She and Weinstein talked,"having normal conversation," and then he suddenly"lunged at me, trying to kiss me," she claimed.
Mimi Haleyi, former production assistant, arrives to testify against Harvey Weinstein at the Criminal Court during Weinsteinâs sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Jan. 27, 2020."That was the best thing I could do," she said. That is when she claims he performed a forcible sex act on her.
"I was still trying to make sense of what had happened, why it had happened -- and I felt very trapped in not being about to do anything about it," Haleyi testified. “The first incident was deeply embarrassing, but I didn’t blame myself,” she said, referring to when Weinstein allegedly forcibly performed oral sex on her at his Soho apartment.
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