Harvey Weinstein Called Model Little Girl and Had ‘Trouble’ With Erection During Sex Assault, Model Says

LOS ANGELES — An Italian model testified on Tuesday that Harvey Weinstein attack her inside a Beverly Hills hotel room in 2013, describing how the ousted giant called her a “little girl” during a brazen sexual assault and threatened her afterward.

The woman, identified as Jane Doe 1, told jurors in Los Angeles Superior Court that in February 2013, Weinstein went to her hotel room without warning and forced him inside. . Immediately, she said, Weinstein asked to give her a massage – before taking off her pants and forcing her to have oral sex.

Holding her hair in one hand and his penis in the other, Jane Doe 1 said Weinstein “continued to have trouble getting an erection” and eventually “led” her to the bathroom so he could masturbate. .

“Come on little girl, tell me you like it. You like it,” she said Weinstein told her while he held her against the sink, before adding, “Look how beautiful you are. “

“I wanted to die. It was horrible, Tom. It was humiliating, painful. I didn’t fight,” she said. “I remember how he was looking in the mirror and he told me to look at him. I wish this never happened to me.”

Then, the woman said, she put her gown back on and began to cry. Weinstein, she continued, “acted like nothing happened” before warning her not to tell anyone about the attack.

“You don’t know me,” is what she testified the movie mogul told her.

As Jane Doe 1 remained calm — after collapsing on Monday — Weinstein sat down at the defense table, mostly staring straight ahead with his hands clasped together.

The model was the first to testify against Weinstein in the second sex offender trial. The 70-year-old is charged with nearly a dozen counts, including rape, after allegedly sexually assaulting five women in Los Angeles between 2003 and 2014. At least eight are expected. will testify against Weinstein, who is also serving a 23-year sentence. prison after being convicted of a similar crime in New York. He pleaded not guilty in the LA case

On Monday, prosecutors alleged that Weinstein used his celebrity in the entertainment industry to lure and sexually abuse women under the guise of career advancement. Prosecutors said he used that same power to ensure the women kept quiet about the alleged assaults.

“You will hear from eight different women who were assaulted by Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles,” Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson said Monday. “Each of these women came to be independent of the other, and none of them knew each other.”

Weinstein’s defense team claimed the women were essentially liars who were only embarrassed by their “sexual dealings” with their former producer. Counsel Mark Werksman went further when he said that Jennifer Siebel Newsomone of the Jane Does in the case, would have been “just another sandwich sleeping with Harvey Weinstein heading into Hollywood” if she hadn’t married California Governor Gavin Newsom.

But on Tuesday, jurors focused on Jane Doe 1’s testimony, as she recalled how she initially felt like Weinstein had “misunderstood” her limited English when he tried to cool -far for her in a hotel room in 2013.

“I did feel guilty because I did something or said something that made him think something could happen between us,” she added, noting that she was also “afraid of him.” physically” because “he’s big.”

While she noted that Weinstein wasn’t “loud” during the incident, she said she was “a bit hysterical about shedding tears” as he pressed her mouth towards his penis.

Jane Doe 1 added: “I’m panicking with fear, saying Weinstein is forcing her to give him oral sex despite the condition of his penis. When they finally moved into the bathroom, she said, Weinstein tried to penetrate her with his penis and fingers.

“I was emotional, crying and saying, ‘No. Stop,” she recalled, adding that she was constantly moving around so Weinstein couldn’t “intrude” on her. After the attack and threats to remain silent, Jane Doe 1 said she eventually confided in a priest and a friend in Italy.

“I was so scared that I would have to see him again or come into contact with him, I didn’t know what to do,” she added, explaining that she ended up going to the police in 2017.

“I fear for my life, I fear for my children. I was afraid for my reputation.”