Harvey Weinstein Accuser Cries on Witness Stand in Response to Questioning from Defense: 'Raped Me'

• Miriam Haley, 48, broke down on the witness stand while being questioned by the defense about her accusation that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2006
• “He was the one who raped me, not the other way around,” Haley said
• Weinstein’s retrial began on Wednesday, April 23, after his 2020 conviction was overturned last year

One of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers became emotional on the witness stand on Friday, May 2.

Former TV production assistant Miriam Haley, 48, cried while being questioned by Weinstein’s attorney about her claim that Weinstein assaulted her at his SoHo apartment in July 2006, the Associated Press reported.

“He was the one who raped me, not the other way around,” Haley said.

“That is for the jury to decide,” Weinstein attorney Jennifer Bonjean retorted, per the AP.

“No, it’s not for the jury to decide,” Haley responded, according to the AP. “It’s my experience. And he did that to me.”

Haley is one of three women who are testifying in Weinstein’s retrial in New York City, which began on Wednesday, April 23.

The former movie mogul is charged with first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape. 

In February 2020, Weinstein was convicted of multiple sex crimes and sentenced to 23 years in prison.

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However, in April 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the conviction after concluding that the trial judge shouldn’t have allowed three women whose allegations were not a part of the criminal case against Weinstein to testify about Weinstein’s “prior bad acts.”

Weinstein currently remains incarcerated for his 2022 conviction of rape in California, for which he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2023.

Haley, who worked for a few weeks as a production assistant on Project Runway, which was produced by Weinstein’s company, testified that Weinstein, 73, invited her to his SoHo apartment in July 2006, where she says he started kissing and groping her, The New York Times reported.

She said she tried to stop him, but he kept “grabbing me and pushing me with his body,” the Times reported.

She alleged he backed her into a bedroom, held her down and then forced oral sex on her.

At that moment, she told the jury, “I’m getting raped. This is what it is,” the Times reported.

Haley testified that she told two friends about the alleged attack, per the AP.

When asked by Bonjean how her clothes were taken off before the alleged assault at the apartment, Haley responded that Weinstein removed them but didn’t remember specifics because she was “busy struggling,” she testified, according to AP.

“Please, I did not remove my clothes. 100% not,” she said, per the New York Post.

In opening statements, Arthur Aidala, another of Weinstein’s attorneys, claimed that while his client’s behavior was possibly “immoral,” it was not illegal.

“The casting couch is not a crime scene,” he said, per CBS News.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.