Weinstein accuser testifies in NYC courtroom

Описание: (29 Jan 2020) Choking back tears, Tarale Wulff told jurors there was no stopping the much larger Harvey Weinstein as he grabbed her by the arm, pushed her onto a bed and raped her at his New York City apartment in 2005, during what was supposed to be an audition.
Wulff, now 43 and a model, said she froze, thinking that would make it "easier to get through, to get past it."
His lawyers raised doubts about Wulff's recollection, after she disclosed that she had worked with a therapist for a year to fill gaps in her memory. For instance, Wulff said, she had no clear memory of how she and Weinstein's clothing came off.
Weinstein's lawyers also questioned why Dunning waited until last summer to tell prosecutors that Weinstein had fondled her after she had gone public with the jobs-for-sex allegation, first in an article in The New York Times in October 2017.
Wulff's attorney, Doug Wigdor, said outside court Wednesday that the defense's questions "really had no relevancy to whether Ms. Wolf was was raped. And Ms. Wulff's testimony about being raped has been consistent from day one."
As Weinstein left court Thursday, he made a rare quip as he passed reporters.
"It went great today, the lawyers killed it," he said.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they have been victims of sexual assault, unless they agree to be named or gone public with their stories, as Wulff has done.

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