'I want this jury to know he's my rapist.' Jessica Mann faced another line of questioning during the criminal trial of Harvey Weinstein, a former Hollywood producer who is accused by dozens of women of decades of abuse.
NBC News appOther women have been called in to testify to help bolster the prosecution's allegations of a pattern of predatory behavior. They include, who claimed Weinstein raped her about 27 years ago, and model Tarale Wulff, who testified that Weinstein raped her at his Manhattan apartment in 2005 after having lured her there with talk of a movie audition.
She said he also persuaded her to engage in threesomes, one of which she said left her emotionally shaken.The trial began Tuesday with the Italian actress Emanuela Postacchini testifying to confirm the threesome with Weinstein and Mann at a Los Angeles hotel in February 2013. She said that while she never wanted to have sex with Weinstein, she relented because she felt pressured."I ran after her," Postacchini said.
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