NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after she first told her story to a jury, one of Harvey Weinstein ‘s accusers testified anew Wednesday that he held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her after she told him: “No, no — it’s not going to happen.”
“The unthinkable was happening,” Miriam Haley testified, dabbing her eyes as she recalled the alleged July 2006 assault.
Weinstein, sitting between his lawyers, shook his head as she spoke. The 73-year-old former Hollywood honcho has pleaded not guilty and denies sexually assaulting anyone.
Haley, who has also gone by the name Mimi Haleyi, is the first of Weinstein’s accusers to testify at his rape retrial. It’s happening because New York’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction.
Haley testified at the original trial, sometimes breaking into sobs. Her demeanor Wednesday was calm, if briefly tearful, as she answered prosecutors’ graphic questions about the alleged assault.