Last week, American actress Jessica Mann, who earlier accused disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of raping her on two occasions, could not stop herself from stop crying during her first court testimony as she shockingly claimed that her alleged offender did not have testicles and that his genitalia looked like a “vagina” to her.
Hervey Weinstein’s key accuser Jessica Mann could not hold it in during a cross-examination with the former producer’s attorney Donna Rotunno this Monday, as she was asked to read out loud a 2014 email to her then-boyfriend Edi Gathegi, whom she was dating while also being involved with the former producer, Variety reported.
“I was close enough to him to tell you that he no longer has a working penis. On the lower half of his body he had some type of surgery or burn and he’s lucky to even have his parts”, the actress read out loud while bursting into tears. Her testimony was cut short after that.
Witness Jessica Mann leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after testifying in the trial of Harvey Weinstein in New York, US., on February 3, 2020
In the email, the 34-actress also referred to her childhood as one of the reasons why she was involved with Weinstein and even continued seeing him after he allegedly raped her.
“I played into sexual dynamics simply to feel I would never be taken advantage of again”, she wrote in 2014.
Film producer Harvey Weinstein leaves at New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 3, 2020
During her first court appearance on Friday, the actress revealed some shocking details about her encounters with Weinstein, arguing that the first time she saw her offender naked, she thought that he was intersex.
She is expected to return to court on Tuesday.
The actress accuses Weinstein of raping her twice, once at the Doubletree Hotel in Midtown in 2013, and another time in the Peninsula Hotel in Los Angeles later in the year, while also alleging that he assaulted her on multiple other occasions. The former Hollywood producer is facing five charges overall, three of which are based on Mann’s allegations, but has repeatedly denied all accusations of non-consensual sex.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
