'Sopranos' actress Anabella Sciorra tells Weinstein trial: 'He raped me'

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Sciorra is the first of Weinstein's accusers to testify in proceedings symbolic to the MeToo movement.

ANNABELLA SCIORRA. The actress leaves the courtroom in Manhattan Criminal Court, on January 23 in New York City. Photo by Johannes Eisele / AFPactress Annabella Sciorra fought back tears as she told a court Thursday, January 23 that being raped by Harvey Weinstein left her feeling like she was having"a seizure" and caused her to self-harm., Sciorra described him barging into her New York apartment late at night in the early 1990s and attacking her while she was wearing a nightgown.

"He got on top of me and he raped me," she said, under questioning by lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon. It left her traumatized and withdrawn and she started drinking heavily and began cutting herself afterwards, Sciorra testified.Sciorra said she did not go public with the allegations untilShe told Weinstein's trial she never contacted police because she was confused that the alleged incident had been perpetrated by someone she knew.

She tried to avoid him out of fear but he would track her down, including to a hotel room at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, she testified.

 

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