Two more women took the witness stand in New York on Wednesday, weeping as they described unwanted sexual encounters with Harvey Weinstein in 2004 and 2005.
called in to support prosecutors' efforts to demonstrate a pattern by Weinstein of grooming and then sexually assaulting women looking for work in Hollywood.with performing a forcible sex act on Miriam"Mimi" Haleyi in 2006 and with raping an unnamed accuser in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex.
Within a month, one of Weinstein's assistant asked Dunning to meet the producer at a midtown Manhattan hotel to sign contracts for film roles for which she had been auditioning."He said … 'Here's contracts for three films. I'll sign them today if you slept with me and my assistant.'""He started screaming at me," she said."He said, 'You'll never make it in this business! This is how this industry works.
She also acknowledged voluntarily returning to meet with Weinstein weeks after he allegedly violated her.Wulff, a model, testified that she met Weinstein while working as a waitress at an exclusive lounge above Cipriani's Soho in Manhattan in 2005 and she told him she was an actress.At some point that night, she said, he took her by the hand and led her to a secluded area above the upstairs lounge and began masturbating in front of her. She threw a bar towel at him and ran away, she said.
"I just went blank and looked off," she testified."He put himself inside me, and he raped me. And I just remember getting up. I don't remember from that moment. I just remember getting up."The next thing Wulff said she recalled was riding back in the car with Weinstein to his offices. She went back in"like nothing happened." She said she never got to audition and did not receive a part in the movie.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Aspiring Actress Tearfully Testifies Harvey Weinstein Assaulted Her and Offered Parts for SexDawn Dunning, a former waitress and aspiring actress who claims Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2004, tearfully testified in Manhattan Supreme Court about how the media mogul proposition…
Read more »
Harvey Weinstein Trial: Accuser’s Ex-Roommate Says She Was Told About Alleged Rape in 2006Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York continued Tuesday with the former roommate of one of the ex-movie mogul’s accusers corroborating details of Weinstein’s alleged 2006 sexu…
Read more »
How an Actress Accuser Revealed the True Theatrics of the Harvey Weinstein TrialThe movie mogul’s team has implied that one of his alleged accusers’ acting experience makes her an unreliable witness. But the defense team has its own kind of theatrics.
Read more »
Mimi Haleyi details sexual assault allegation in Harvey Weinstein trial testimonyOne of two women that Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sexually assaulting took the witness stand on Monday.
Read more »
'The Assistant' Debuts in New York Amid Harvey Weinstein Trial'The Assistant' — whose original idea came from the Harvey Weinstein scandal — screened just a few blocks away from the Manhattan Criminal Court Building, where Weinstein’s sexual assault trial is currently underway
Read more »