For years, actress Annabella Sciorra felt powerless against Harvey Weinstein, keeping to all but a few friends the allegation that the once-revered Hollywood honcho pinned her to a bed and raped her in the early 1990s.
Now, more than a quarter-century later, Sciorra is set to confront Weinstein as a key prosecution witness at his New York City rape trial. A guilty verdict could put the 67-year-old disgraced movie mogul in prison for the rest of his life.
Weinstein has insisted any sexual encounters were consensual. As he left court on Wednesday, he told reporters he felt "very confident" about the case. Prosecutors previewed Sciorra's testimony in a lengthy, at-times graphic opening statement Wednesday that painted Weinstein as a sexual predator who used his film industry clout to abuse women for decades.
Sciorra alleges Weinstein showed up at her Manhattan apartment after dropping her off from a dinner, forced himself inside and raped her sometime in late 1993 or early 1994. A petrified Sciorra ran to the back of the room and started hitting call buttons, at which point Weinstein left, Hast said.
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