Confirmed: Jessica Mann Testifies About Hotel Assault

Jessica Mann resumed testimony and told jurors Harvey Weinstein trapped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013. She said he had taken a room at her hotel despite her protest at the front desk, then snapped at her not to embarrass him and got her to go upstairs. She testified he ordered her to undress, she tried twice to open the door, and he slammed it shut, grabbed her wrists and held them crossed in front of her face until she gave up and complied.

Mann said Weinstein went to the bathroom and returned and raped her. She testified she later found a used syringe for an erectile-dysfunction drug in that bathroom. She said she then went to a planned breakfast with friends without telling anyone, and kept up appearances for the rest of the trip, including a screening and tea with his daughter.

Jurors watched closely, some with pens poised, as Mann cried at times and declined breaks until the court called one when she became flustered. Weinstein looked on and sometimes sipped water. A former hotel employee had earlier supported Mann’s account that she protested at the front desk about him taking a room at her hotel.

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