Jessica man about Harvey Weinstein
He appeared like “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Jessica Mann, who accuses Harvey Weinstein rape, described the film producer in court as “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.
The allegations of actress Jessica Mann (39) weigh heavily: In March 2013, Harvey Weinstein (73) is said to have raped her in a hotel room. On this Monday, Mann entered the witness stand in the reception procedure against the former film mogul and described the complicated relationship that she had with Weinstein at the time of the alleged act.
Complicated insofar as she maintained an initially mutual relationship with Weinstein after a first sexual assault a few months before the alleged rape. , in which she kept breaking into tears: “I just decided to have a relationship with him. I’m sorry if it was a bad decision. I just did it. I wanted to win time because I really didn’t know how to deal with it. I thought it might pass the pain.”
In the course of her statement in court, she often revealed Weinstein to have described Weinstein as “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. On the one hand, he made compliments to her appearance and acting, but on the other hand, he suddenly turned into a “monster” when the topic came up: “The word ‘no’ was a special trigger for him,” said man.
She wanted to “keep peace”
After the alleged incident in March 2013, she had been in contact with Weinstein for several months, but primarily by email. In this way she wanted to “keep peace”. Like many women, men also stated that they had acted out of worry, otherwise she would talk to Weinstein in the film industry and destroy her career.
The rape is the most serious accusation that Weinstein is accused of in the resumption process. He is also subject to sexual crimes related to film producer Miriam Haley, whom he is said to have forced oral sex in his apartment in 2006. A third woman, Model Kaja Sokola, also claimed that Weinstein had forced her for oral sex in a hotel in Manhattan.
As in his first process, Weinstein vehemently denies all accusations raised against him. The conviction of the former studio mogul from 2020 was lifted in April 2024. Before that, the Court of Appeal decided that the judge inadmissibly allowed testimony from other women who had nothing to do with the charges. The resumption process started in New York City at the end of April this year.
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Source: Stern
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