Weinstein attorney asks series of rapid-fire questions
In a rapid-fire series of questions, Rotunno asked whether Sciorra went to the police, called , went to a doctor or hospital or called her friends after she was allegedly attacked by Weinstein.
Sciorra replied she did not.
“At the time, I did not understand that that was rape,” Sciorra said.
Rotunno also suggested that Sciorra’s judgment and recollection were clouded by drinking. The actress said she remembered having only a glass of wine with dinner and had kicked a Valium habit that developed after Weinstein sent her pills.
– Reporting by The Associated Press and Cassandra Gauthier
Weinstein attorney presses Sciorra on details of her account
Weinstein attorney Donna Rotunno questioned Sciorra about details of her account in a cross examination. When Sciorra replied it’s “not correct” that she could not remember the month or year she was allegedly assaulted by Weinstein, Rotunno pressed, “You think it’s some time in the fall and winter months of (or 2017. That’s a span of 4, 6 , 7 months. “
– Reporting by Cassandra Gauthier .
“This remains between you and I”
When Sciorra ran into Weinstein about a month after the alleged attack
Then, she said, he leaned toward her and said menacingly: “This remains between you and I.”
“I thought he was going to hit me right there,” Sciorra said.
For more than a quarter-century, Sciorra told her story to only a few people close to her. She came forward publicly to the New Yorker in 2017, telling the magazine that for years she had been “so ashamed of what happened.”
Sciorra received support on social media Thursday.
Actress Ellen Barkin, who was seen in the courtroom gallery, tweeted: “All my power, all my heart, all my strength I give to you dear friend and warrior … #AnnabellaSciorra I love you. “The truth will out” #MeTooTooManyTimes
– Reporting by The Associated Press and Cassandra Gauthier )
Sciorra gives emotional testimony: “He raped me”
Sciorra gave emotional testimony, saying Weinstein pushed his way inside her apartment after a dinner in late 2017 or early
, then pinned her to a bed and raped her. She described being overpowered by Weinstein and trying to fight back.
“I was trying to get him off of me … I was punching him, I was kicking him, and he took my hands and put them over my head. “
Sciorra raised her hands above her head and clasped her wrists, facing the jury.
“He got on top of me and he raped me , “Sciorra said.
She said Weinstein then put his mouth on her vagina, saying,” This is for you. ”
“I didn’t have very much fight left inside me at this point … there was not much I could do at that point, my body just shut down, “Sciorra said. “It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual.”
After the attack, she said, she began to drink and cut herself. Sciorra said she didn’t call the police because Weinstein was “someone I knew.”
“I would say I felt at the time that rape was something that happened in a back alleyway in a dark place by somebody you did know, “Sciorra said.
– Reporting by Cassandra Gauthier )
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