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"I was brutally raped by Harvey Weinstein in my apartment"

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 24, 2020 09:49 IST

Actress Annabella Sciorra revealed her horrific rape details which she was subjected to from the hands of producer    ...

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Actress Annabella Sciorra revealed her horrific rape details which she was subjected to from the hands of producer     Harvey Weinstein. The Sopranos star clearly stated that she was raped brutally by the Hollywood producer in her apartment nearly 30 years ago. Sciorra described Weinstein barging into her New York apartment and attacking her. She added she was wearing a nightgown. "It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual. I didn't really even know what was happening," she told the court. 

Continuing further she said, "I was punching him, I was kicking him, I was just trying to get him away from me, "He got on top of me and he raped me," she said. "He had intercourse with me and I was trying to fight him, but I couldn't fight anymore because he had my hands locked."She said he then forcibly performed oral sex on her, telling her. Sciorra said she confronted Mr Weinstein at a dinner weeks later. His response was "menacing", she said. The producer allegedly leaned into her and said: "This remains between you and I."

Weinstein continued to harass her, Sciorra said. At the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Ms Sciorra said she opened her hotel room door to find Mr Weinstein standing in front of her, holding a bottle of baby oil and a movie tape. She ran back inside her room and Mr Weinstein eventually left. Sciorra said the sexual assault  the  left her traumatised.  She testified that she began drinking and cutting herself, smearing her blood on to a wall.  One of Hollywood's most lauded producers, Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women - allegations which helped drive the #MeToo campaign against sexual misconduct.

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