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On the stand Monday, Haleyi said she dealt with the alleged assaults by compartmentalizing, occasionally interacting with Weinstein on a professional basis bypassing along scripts from friends or discussing work opportunities. Cheronis also zeroed in on Haleyi’s ongoing interactions with Weinstein after July 2006. She declined, saying she was “extremely humiliated.”. Alleged victim of Harvey Weinstein, Mimi Haleyi, speaks at a press conference held by attorney Gloria Allred at Lotte New York Palace on Oct. 24, 2017, in New York City. She testified that before the alleged assault, Weinstein showed up at her apartment and begged her to join him on a trip to Paris for a fashion show.

Cynthia Rifi sets out on her horse, Sebastian, to get out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Reno, Nevada. Weinstein never called you that, did he, ma’am?” Cheronis said moments later, challenging her. Mimi Haleyi is questioned by Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast. Haleyi said she accepted an invitation from Weinstein to fly her out to California for the premiere of "Clerks 2" in July 2006 as her friend was expecting a baby in Los Angeles. He got offended by that. "I was still trying to make sense of what had happened, why it had happened -- and I felt very trapped in not being about to do anything about it," Haleyi testified. On the stand Monday, Haleyi said she dealt with the alleged assaults by compartmentalizing, occasionally interacting with Weinstein on a professional basis bypassing along scripts from friends or discussing work opportunities. Miriam "Mimi" Haleyi is the second of six women expected to testify that the disgraced Hollywood mega-producer sexually assaulted them, following dramatic testimony last week from 'Sopranos' actress Annabella Sciorra. The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they have been victims of sexual assault, unless they agree to be named as Haleyi has. Haleyi, born in Helsinki, Finland, and raised in Sweden, said she met Weinstein while in her 20s at the 2004 London premiere of the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Aviator. Every time I tried to get off the bed, he would push me back and hold me down,” the former “Project Runway” production assistant testified, adding that she told Weinstein she was menstruating in an attempt to deter him. He said something like where is it then? Yet just two weeks later, Haleyi said, she was accepting an invitation to Weinstein’s hotel room, where he pulled her into bed for sex. "You did not tell the world in December 2017 the rest of the story, did you?". To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. "I just went numb," she said, explaining that she realized Weinstein trapped her again. When she returned from L.A. to New York City about two weeks later, she said Weinstein invited her to the Tribeca Grand Hotel for a drink and she agreed, saying he "was very persistent and insistent.". Haleyi said she “just felt like an idiot” for letting Weinstein convince her to meet again, but thought seeing him could help her regain power as she tried to make sense of the alleged assault.