In an interview, Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney Donna Rotunno glibly claimed that she has never been a victim of sexual assault, “because I would never put myself in that position”
Photo: John Lamparski/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images In a recent interview, Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney Donna Rotunno glibly claimed that she has never been a victim of sexual assault, “because I would never put myself in that position.
Throughout the interview, Rotunno minimized the claims of six women who have been delivering harrowing testimony for the past two weeks — alleging that Weinstein forced them, some violently, into sex and plied them with false promises of helping their careers. But this latest statement stood out, as it seemed that she was blaming victims of sexual assault for their experiences.
Somehow, Rotunno doubled down. “I’ve always made choices, from college age on, where I never drank too much, I never went home with someone I didn’t know, I just never put myself in any vulnerable circumstance ever,” she reiterated. “If you go out on a date with someone … and you make a choice to go into their home at the end of the night, what do you think could potentially happen?” she continued. “If you’re not prepared for what could potentially happen, I think we’re kidding ourselves. And then to leave, and say, ‘I had no idea that this person would maybe try to be sexual with me’ … I think is naive.”
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