New York – Passing at the door of his room’s room one night in July 2006, said television production assistant Miriam Haley Harvey Weinstein -Your chief-had made oral sex by force, his then Roommate testified on Thursday in the The new trial of the former tycoon.
“I said: ‘Miriam, that sounds like a rape. I think you should call a lawyer'”, but a shake Haley seemed unpleasant in doing so, he remembered the former Ramado, Elizabeth Entin.
If it is second -hand, they were the first jurors of testimony that have taken so far about any of the alleged sexual aggressions in the heart of the new trial, which opened on Wednesday. Haley and two other accusers are expected to testify later in the one -week procedure.
Weinstein, 73, argues that he has never sexually assaulted or raped anyone. His lawyers argue that his accusers consented to sexual meetings with the Oscar -winning producer in the hope of advancing in the entertainment business.
Weinstein transformed in 2017 from a Hollywood tycoon in the Archvillain of the #Metoo Movement, after a series of accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him became public.
He was condemned in 2020 to rape Jessica Mann, who was once an aspiring actor and sexually assaulted Haley, who worked on the “project of the project” produced by Weinstein. But the highest court in New York He turned his conviction Last year, finding that the judge of first instance had allowed harmful testimony.
Investment led to The new trialwhich includes a additional accusation Forced oral sex in a different woman, the former model Kaja Sokola. Weinstein declared himself innocent of all charges.
Song He was among the witnesses who are returning at the stand five years after testifying in the #Metoo Case case. But prosecutors, some defense lawyers and the judge are different, and are also the contours of the testimony and the evidence obtained.
For example, this time Entin did not give any details of what he said that Haley told him about the alleged sexual assault.
And Entin was not asked about a memory that made a memorable and rare light moment in the first trial, a time when heinstein appeared without invitation and was persecuted by the women’s apartment Entin’s Pet Chihuahua.
Farber had indicated that he did not believe that having describing the alleged episode was a fair game for the trial.
To another extent of the Loop of the case, Entin found himself testifying about what he has said and written about the first trial itself. The founder and consultant of the fashion startup has reflected on the case in a book, in podcasts and some interviews.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, faced her with cases in which Entin referred to her participation in the first trial as her “15 minutes of fame” and compared the team to testify to prepare for battle.
Entin responded tensely that being interrogated was a form of “very civilized battle.”
The Voluble Entin said that his writing style was sometimes “slightly hyperbolic”, but that he had been describing how he gave way to a discouraging experience.
Associated Press does not identify the people who claim that they have been sexually assaulted unless they agree to be appointed. Haley, Mann and Sokola have done it.
