Mimi Haleyi took the witness stand on Monday to accuse disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 2006.
Haleyi detailed being alone in his Manhattan loft
before he lunged toward her on the couch. According to her, Weinstein pulled her into his bedroom where she attempted to escape his advances by saying she was on her period before he proceeded to forcibly perform oral sex on her."I was in so much shock at the time that I completely checked out," Haleyi told the jury, just after declaring that she later knew she was being"raped.
“I told him, 'No, no, no,' but he insisted. He was extremely persistent and physically overpowering. He then orally forced himself on me," Haleyi said at the time. Notably, Weinstein’s defense team has tried to call Haleyi’s testimony into question by pointing to a she reportedly sent to Weinstein in 2007, months after the alleged assault took place. "Hi! Just wondering if u have any news on whether harvey will have time to see me before he leaves? x Miriam," the note reads., a new movie about a production assistant who goes on to work for a big-name producer and ends up dealing with a culture of sexual silence.
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