Two more Harvey Weinstein accusers took the stand in his rape trial Wednesday, with one witness recalling the disgraced producer telling her, "This is how this industry works."
Dawn Dunning, a once-aspiring actress, told jurors in Weinstein's trial Wednesday that he sexually assaulted her in 2004, putting his hand up her skirt without consent, The Wrap reports.
"I just kind of froze for a minute and then stood up," she testified. "He told me not to make a big deal about it, he apologized and said it wouldn't happen again."
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Dunning, who says she quit pursuing acting because of Weinstein, testified that he later offered her film roles in exchange for a threesome with his assistant, berating her when she declined.
"He started screaming at me," she testified. "He said, 'You'll never make it in this business. This is how this industry works.'"
Later, Tarale Wulff, also a once aspiring actress, testified that Weinstein masturbated in front of her at a restaurant and raped her at his New York apartment in 2005, per The Hollywood Reporter.
"He put himself inside me and raped me," Wulff testified. "It was a shock."
Weinstein, who been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women, is facing charges in connection to an alleged 2006 sexual assault and alleged 2013 rape, but Dunning and Wulff both testified as "prior bad acts" witnesses as prosecutors seek to establish a pattern of behavior. Actress Annabella Sciorra, who has accused Weinstein of rape, previously testified as a "prior bad acts" witness, while former production assistant Mimi Haleyi, whose sexual assault allegation is central to the case, also testified earlier this week. Weinstein denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex acts and has pleaded not guilty.
-
'It's our financialized economy in miniature'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
-
Texas OKs gerrymander sought by TrumpSpeed Read The House approved a new congressional map aimed at flipping Democratic-held seats to Republican control
-
Israel starts Gaza assault, approves West Bank planSpeed Read Israel forces pushed into the outskirts of Gaza City and Netanyahu's government gave approval for a settlement to cut the occupied Palestinian territory in two
-
Australian woman found guilty of mushroom murdersspeed read Erin Patterson murdered three of her ex-husband's relatives by serving them toxic death cap mushrooms
-
Combs convicted on 2 of 5 charges, denied bailSpeed Read Sean 'Diddy' Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking
-
Sniper kills 2 Idaho firefighters in ambushSpeed Read A man started a wildfire, then fired a rifle at first responders when they arrived
-
Weinstein convicted of sex crime in retrialSpeed Read The New York jury delivered a mixed and partial verdict at the disgraced Hollywood producer's retrial
-
'King of the Hill' actor shot dead outside homespeed read Jonathan Joss was fatally shot by a neighbor who was 'yelling violent homophobic slurs,' says his husband
-
DOJ, Boulder police outline attacker's confessionspeed read Mohamed Sabry Soliman planned the attack for a year and 'wanted them all to die'
-
Assailant burns Jewish pedestrians in Boulderspeed read Eight people from the Jewish group were hospitalized after a man threw Molotov cocktails in a 'targeted act of violence'
-
Driver rams van into crowd at Liverpool FC paradespeed read 27 people were hospitalized following the attack
