A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2013 has testified that for years she was filled with feelings of guilt and disgust.
FILE - Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 2, 2014. Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year-old sentence for a conviction in New York. raped her in 2013 testified Tuesday that she had feelings of guilt and disgust that began soon after she let him into her hotel room and lasted for years.
The woman was the first of eight Weinstein accusers set to testify in a courtroom in Los Angeles where the 70-year-old movie mogul is on trial on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. Weinstein, who is alreadyMost of the women said that their assaults began with what were supposed to be business meetings with Weinstein at hotels.
“I was feeling guilty that I did something or said something that made him think something could happen between us,” she said.“I was kind of hysterical through tears,” she said. “I kept saying ‘no, no no.'"She said she considered running, or hitting or biting him.“I don't know," she answered."I regret this a lot.”
But in the case of the woman testifying Tuesday, Weinstein's attorneys deny that the events in her hotel room happened at all. No records, surveillance video or other evidence places Weinstein at the woman's hotel, Mr. C Beverly Hills, on the night she says she was raped.
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