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Rape accuser Jessica Mann testifies against Harvey Weinstein for a third time
Mann is back on the witness stand as prosecutors seek to revive the only rape charge left after earlier convictions were overturned and a jury deadlocked.
- On Monday, Mann returned to the witness stand for a third time to testify against Harvey Weinstein regarding an alleged 2013 rape in Manhattan, following legal switchbacks that overturned his 2020 conviction.
- Mann, an aspiring actor from Washington who moved to Los Angeles, met the Oscar-winning producer in 2013, initially believing she had made a professional connection despite his uninvited sexual overtures.
- Testimony revealed the 2013 hotel encounter where Mann stated Weinstein slammed the door shut and raped her after she said "no," and she recalled him telling her, "He said I was really pretty, prettier than Natalie Portman."
- Emails sent over roughly four years showed Mann telling Weinstein, "There is no one else I would enjoy catching up with that understands me quite like you," though she described their relationship as involving jumbled feelings.
- Weinstein denies all sexual assault allegations, and his lawyers characterize Mann as a willing participant who turned on him for gain, while she stated, "I am ready, willing and able to endure this as many times as it takes.
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Los Angeles Times
The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein's rape case, who has been repeatedly tried, stated, for the third time, on Tuesday, that the former Hollywood magnate caught her in a hotel room in New York City and assaulted her, ignoring her pleas that she would not do anything sexual.
In the newly rolled-up New York trial against Harvey Weinstein, Jessica Mann describes a hotel meeting.
Weinstein Accuser Breaks Down in Court, Details Alleged Assaults
Emotions overtook the courtroom as a key witness returned to the stand, recounting allegations against Harvey Weinstein that have been at the center of years of legal battles. According to the New York Post, Jessica Mann testified Tuesday in Manhattan, describing what she said were multiple encounters with the former Hollywood producer that escalated into violence. Speaking through tears, she told jurors about an alleged assault at a Midtown ho…
Ex-actress details failed threesome and passing out under 300-pound Harvey at Weinstein’s latest NYC trial
Ex-powerhouse producer Harvey Weinstein tried to force Jessica Mann into a torturous threesome with Italian-born starlet Emanuela Postacchini before later raping Mann, she tearfully testified in Manhattan court Tuesday.
The Columbian
Weinstein rape accuser tells jury that ‘he just treated me like he owned me’
NEW YORK (AP) — The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein ‘s repeatedly retried rape case testified — for the third time — Tuesday that the former Hollywood honcho trapped her in a New York hotel room and assaulted her, ignoring her pleas not to do anything sexual. Read more...
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