“Annabella remembers at some point giving up the fight and just hoping it would end,” said prosecutor Meghan Hast. “Annabella remembers not having any fight [left] in her body.”
Harvey Weinstein Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images When prosecutors launched into opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual-assault trial Wednesday, they focused on his privilege and how it enabled his predatory behavior. “The man sitting right there was not just a titan in Hollywood.
It was when Weinstein was rising to prominence, around late 1993, when he set his predatory sights on Sciorra, Hast alleged. “He violently and forcibly raped, and orally sexually assaulted, Annabella Sciorra,” Hast said. “At that point, the defendant made his next move, knowing that Annabella was struggling and vulnerable: He sent her a care package, a few old movies, some popcorn, and a bottle of Valium,” Hast continued.
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