Weinstein accuser says he trapped her during hotel assault

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS

NEW YORK (AP) — As Harvey Weinstein stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013, Lauren Marie Young says he also offered a chilling excuse for his lewd behavior: “This is what all actresses do to make it.”

Young’s account of her encounter with then-one of Hollywood’s most powerful movie makers came on Wednesday after she was called to the witness stand at Weinstein’s New York City rape trial in a final push by prosecutors to show there was a pattern to how he preyed on women.

Weinstein persisted by masturbating, despite her telling him, ”‘No, no, no’ the whole time,” Young told jurors as the the last of six women to testify at the trial about alleged series of sexual assaults by the defendant.

The criminal charges are based on two allegations: that he raped a woman in March 2013 and forced oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006.



Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for his rape trial in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)


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[Mike 03]

1. The courage of these women is humbling.

I have a feeling Mr. Weinstein is going away for a long, long time.

[bluestarone]

2. I really really really hope you are right!

He should be put away!

[Judi Lynn]

3. The charade with the walker allows him to keep his head down and avoid looking anyone in the eyes.

Makes it so much easier for him, psychologically while he pretends he needs everyone's concern now, being on his last legs.

He actually looks pretty sturdy.

Anyway don't lots of people with walkers look straight ahead and greet others walking toward them?

[Talitha]

4. He should have been caught decades ago.

What a pig.

[jcmaine72]

5. Is that a walker he's holding on to?

I guess showing up in court with an oxygen tank and periodically gasping into a mask for air to try and garner sympathy from judge & jury is a bit too hackneyed for ol' Harvey.