Annabella Sciorra recounts alleged Harvey Weinstein rape ordeal in court

Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial have rested their case after more than two weeks of evidence punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women who say the disgraced film mogul ignored pleas and excused his behaviour as a Hollywood norm.

The prosecution in the Harvey Weinstein trial rested their case on Thursday, after concluding with the testimony of the sixth sexual assault accuser.

A key witness in the Harvey Weinstein trial took the witness stand for a third day on Tuesday, a day after the trial was halted when she broke down in sobs during cross-examination.

Jessica Mann — a key witness in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial who alleges the former movie mogul raped and sexually assaulted her on numerous occasions — was let off the stand on Monday when she said she was having a panic attack during cross-examination.

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A longtime friend of Annabella Sciorra testified Friday in Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial that the actor turned to cutting herself and exhibited other troubling behavior in the mid-1990s after she was allegedly raped by the disgraced film mogul.

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TRIGGER WARNING: Harvey Weinstein's rape trial has begun. Six women were expected to testify against and the first woman has testified in court. The Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra walked up the witness stand and testified in an emotional testimony.

The Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra thought she was suffering a seizure after Harvey Weinstein allegedly raped her in her apartment.

Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand in the Harvey Weinstein trial on Thursday to testify about the night that the powerful producer allegedly raped her.

Hollywood star Annabella Sciorra has confronted Harvey Weinstein from a New York witness box, her voice quivering as she recounted a rape accusation she kept largely private for decades.

Annabella Sciorra became the first of Harvey Weinstein's accusers to testify at his New York City rape trial, recounting in graphic detail her alleged assault at his hand in the early 1990s.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors on Monday portrayed former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial predator who used his power to manipulate and sexually assault young women, while the defence argued that his accusers engaged in consensual sex that they later reframed as attacks.

NEW YORK — Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape trial on Thursday as prosecutors try to prove that the former Hollywood producer was a serial predator who sexually assaulted young women.

Almost two years after the #MeToo wave took over Hollywood, trial against one of the most called out personalities has begun. Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, who has hundreds of allegations of rape, sexual misconduct and harassment to his name, will be facing some of these women in court today. While at least a 100 women have spoken up against Weisntein, the jurors at a New York state court will only hear six of them, reported CNN. So who are these six women? 

By Dominic Patten

NEW YORK — Former film producer Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday asked a New York state appeals court to delay his rape trial and move it out of Manhattan, the day before the final phase of jury selection is scheduled to begin.

Harvey Weinstein’s defense team has asked again for a change of venue, arguing that his rape trial has devolved into a media circus.