Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Trial.

Weinstein Trial: ‘I Was Being Raped,’ ‘Project Runway’ Assistant Testifies

The production assistant, Mimi Haleyi, told the jury that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2006.

In all, six women, including Mimi Haleyi, are expected to testify about their encounters with Harvey Weinstein at his trial in Manhattan.Credit...

It started shortly after they went to his apartment. There, she told a jury, alone with him in his huge Manhattan loft, her boss, Harvey Weinstein, lunged at her on a sofa.

They got into a tug-of-war, she said — he was pulling at her and she was trying to push him away. It ended in the bedroom where, she added, she attempted to deflect him by anxiously announcing that she was on her period.

But that did not deter him, Mimi Haleyi testified on Monday at Mr. Weinstein’s rape trial. Instead, she said, he pushed her onto a bed, held her down and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

“I was being raped,” Ms. Haleyi said, adding moments later: “I was in so much shock at the time that I just checked out.

Further Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-trial-mimi-haleyi.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage