Sexual Misconduct Harvey Weinstein

The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein’s repeatedly retried rape case has told jurors for the third time that the former Hollywood honcho trapped her in a New York hotel room and assaulted her in 2013. Jessica Mann testified through sobs Tuesday that she repeatedly said no, and she tried to leave the room, but in her words, “he just treated me like he owned me.” Weinstein looked on steadily in court as she spoke. He denies the allegation. His lawyers haven’t yet had their chance to question Mann at this retrial but have argued that everything that happened between the two was consensual.

Court ended early for the day at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after his accuser struggled on the witness stand. It happened Thursday after a defense lawyer showed jurors a previously undisclosed note that the woman wrote to herself two days after the alleged assault in 2013. The note described her feeling “emotionally attached” to someone and wanting a loving partnership. Weinstein's defense pointed out that the note says nothing about the alleged rape two days earlier in a Manhattan hotel. Weinstein says everything that happened between him and the woman accusing him was consensual. She straightforwardly answered questions Thursday but then said she felt “spacey” from the stress of testifying. That prompted the judge to adjourn court early.