Harvey Weinstein Committed ‘Violent’ Rape, Ex-Actress Tells Jury

April 28, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC

A former aspiring actress accused Harvey Weinstein of raping her in a New York hotel room, the central allegation at the former mogul’s third New York trial.

“I didn’t want to do anything with him,” Jessica Mann said through sobs on the witness stand Tuesday in Manhattan criminal court. “He trapped me in this room.”

Mann said the rape occurred at a DoubleTree hotel in Midtown Manhattan in March 2013. She said she’d gone to the hotel room to talk with Weinstein, with whom she’d been having a casual sexual relationship up until that point. She tried to leave the ...

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