“I was in shock by it, it was gross,” said Jessica Mann during cross-examination Monday. “I turned into the corner of the shower and just looked away.”
Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Jessica Mann, who accused Harvey Weinstein of raping her in 2013, provided more details on an alleged incident between her and the movie producer during which he purportedly urinated on her. The details emerged while Mann testified Monday in Weinstein’s Manhattan rape and sexual-assault trial.
“Ms. Mann, on direct examination, you stated that Mr. Weinstein ‘peed’ on you, to use your own words?” Rotunno said. “When was that?”“Was that before the incident in New York?” Rotunno said, referencing the alleged rape. Weinstein is charged in New York City for allegedly raping Mann about seven years ago, as well as for an alleged sexual assault on onetime actress Mimi Haleyi. Prosecutors have used Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra’s claim that Weinstein raped her around late 1993 to back up their accusation that he has a pattern of predatory sexual behavior. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
Weinstein dozed off repeatedly throughout cross-examination. One juror was also spotted nodding off this afternoon. “My secret and my fear is knowing that a part of the dynamic I had with Harvey would mean you would never talk to me …” Mann said, reading from the email. “I was close enough to him to tell you that he no longer has a working penis. On the lower half of his body, he had some kind of surgery or burn and he’s lucky to have his parts. I never asked what happened … I told you how sometimes I felt hopeless and that I should just be with an older man because I’m a lost cause.
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