“He greeted me, he invited me in. I just went numb.

In 2006, Haleyi accepted an invitation to meet with Weinstein in his New York apartment. Some of the most shocking testimony in the case came from Jessica Mann who claimed that Weinstein has severe deformities of his genitals. She claims that when she arrived, he offered her a drink and they sat on a couch in what started out as a typical social interaction. In the other, it isn't clear if she got a full view of his genitals. “You could have called the police. RELATED: Jurors Shown Harvey Weinstein Naked Photos Amid Trial Of Disgraced Mogul. The email was signed “lots of love,” which Cheronis said was inconsistent. (Updates with defense’s examination of Haleyi and psychiatrist’s testimony below it) Published on January 27, 2020, 11:19 AM EST Updated on January 27, 2020, 7:38 PM EST He held me down. “You had some options” when memories of the incidents in 2006 could not be put to rest, Cheronis said. “I just kept crying, ‘No, no! … Every time I tried to get off the bed, he would force me back down.”, Weinstein then held her down and forced himself on her orally, Haleyi said, at one point removing her tampon. Fellow plaintiff, in this case, Jessica Mann described Wesintein demanding a massage from her in one of their encounters as well.

Haleyi, 42, initially went public with her allegations at an October 2017 news conference organized by her attorney, Gloria Allred. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Haleyi, who met Weinstein in 2004 and then had a series of dealings with him in 2006 before, during and after a stint as a production assistant on Project Runway, accuses Weinstein of sexually assaulting her on two separate occasions. Terms of Use

But it didn't take long for him to start forcing himself on her. I’m on my period,’” Haleyi said, breaking into tears on the stand. Sciorra’s allegation cannot be prosecuted as rape due to New York’s statute of limitations, but it is being used as part of both predatory sexual assault counts, which do not have a temporal element.
She put him off saying, "You know, you have a terrible reputation with women.” The statement offended him but he left and Haleyi did not go to Paris with him. Privacy Notice “Just to remind you what a genius I am — didn’t i tell you that was a great idea like 3 years ago at the mercer bar..hmm? During cross-examination by defense lawyer Damon Cheronis, he produced a June 27, 2008, email that Haleyi sent to Weinstein mentioning the New York Post. I was mortified … He forced himself on me orally, he put his mouth on my vagina.”, Haleyi added, “I kept trying to tell him, ‘No, don’t go there and don’t do that. Then Weinstein made a move on her, she claimed.

She claims she went, hoping to regain a sense of control over the situation. “I wanted to pitch a project to him,” Haleyi shrugged. He removed her tampon and performed forcible oral sex on her as she continued to resist him. Haleyi, who told the court she has specialized in short-form, online content over the past decade, was developing a project and did not dispute that she stayed in touch with Weinstein after the alleged assaults, mindful of his industry influence.

After the Cannes incident, Haleyi was surprised to hear from someone at the Weinstein Company in New York offering her a job on Project Runway. The fact that she had consensual sexual contact with him after the assault mirrors stories told by other women who have spoke out about Weinstein's tendencies, including Jessica Mann who is also one of the plaintiffs in the New York case. She spent the full day on the witness stand Monday as the trial entered its fourth week in the courtroom of New York Supreme Court Judge James Burke, who excused her at the end of the day. 12,812, This story has been shared 9,661 times. Shortly after Haleyi accepted an invitation from Weinstein to go with him to Los Angeles for the premiere of “Clerks II,” he sent a driver to pick her up and bring her to his apartment, she testified. “Really soon into me being there, he kind of came towards me and lunged at me, trying to kiss me,” Haleyi said.

Great to see you in Cannes,” read the email, which goes on to say how she read an article in “today’s New York Post about the Addams Family being turned into a Broadway musical.”. I have a tampon in.’ It was as if he didn’t believe me and he said something like, ‘Where is it, then?’ like that and he literally pulled my tampon out.”, She said she was “in so much shock” and “just checked out.”, Afterward, Haleyi said, she doesn’t “remember much,” “except when I left the apartment, I remember walking by the building looking to see if the driver was there.”. With Weinstein crippled by business difficulties exacerbated by the early weeks of #MeToo revelations about him, she made the calculation that he was no longer of use to her, Cheronis argued. However, White had suffered health problems at that time and Haleyi was looking for new work.