Witness in Weinstein Trial: 'I Want the Jury to Know That He Is My Rapist'
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A woman who says Harvey Weinstein violently raped her twice in 2013 testified in the movie mogul’s rape trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, declaring at the stand, “I want the jury to know that he is my rapist.”
The Associated Press reports that the witness, whose name has not been released to the public, also testified on Monday, but the court session had to end “when she sobbed while reading an email passage about being abused earlier in her life.” On Tuesday, the witness fielded cross-examination from Weinstein’s attorney, Donna Rotunno, who attempted to sully her testimony by suggesting she and Weinstein had a history of having consensual sex. Rotunno also provided evidence showing Weinstein frequently invited the witness to events and she accepted.
The witness has accused Weinstein of raping her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, and then several months later at a Beverly Hills hotel. She has previously said she did have consensual sexual encounters with Weinstein despite not wanting to, and that she continued to communicate with Weinstein to protect her career.