She says the former Hollywood producer raped her in the early 1990s.
On the hearing’s second day, the actor known for her work on “The Sopranos” and several films took the stand for nearly two hours to give a detailed account of the night she says Weinstein burst into her New York apartment in late 1993 or early 1994. Prosecutors will use her accusation of an incident too old to be prosecuted under state law toWeinstein faces the possibility of life imprisonment if convicted on either of the two most severe felony counts against him.
The night of the alleged attack, Sciorra said she had gone out to dinner with Weinstein and other people, and Weinstein offered to drive her home. She had already gone inside, brushed her teeth and changed into pajamas when he knocked. Sciorra opened it thinking it was a neighbor or her doorman.“He started to unbutton his shirt, and then I realized that, in his head, he wanted to have sex and I didn’t want to.
“That’s what all the nice Catholic girls say,” Weinstein allegedly replied. He then leaned in threateningly, she said, and told her, “This remains between you and I.” Weinstein did not leave her alone in the years that followed, once trying to gain access to her hotel room while she was filming a movie in 1994, Sciorra said. She also said he once showed up at her apartment in 1997 in just his underwear, holding a bottle of baby oil in one hand and a videotape in the other.
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