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Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi asked Perez how she knew Sciorra.
Do you know a man namedHarvey Weinstein, Illuzzi asked.
Yes, I do, Perez said.
Do you see him in the courtroom today?
Weinstein gestured his hand upward.
Right there, Perez said, pointing to him.
Hey Annabella, wanna hang out?
And she responded in a very weird voice.
She was whispering like that, Perez said, dropping her own voice to a whisper.
And I said, Whats wrong with you?
And she said, I think something bad happened.
And I said, What do you mean something bad happened?
And she said, I think I was raped, Perez testified.
I said to her, You think, or did it happen?
And she said, I think it was rape, and she started crying.
Perez said she asked, Who did it?
And she said, I cant, I cant, I cant, Perez recounted.
I hear her crying and she said, I woke up on the floor and my nightie was up.
Perez said she asked Sciorra about going to the police.
She said, I cant, I cant, and she hung up the phone, Perez said.
She told me that it was, in fact, Harvey Weinstein that raped her, Perez said.
And she was crying and saying, I tried to fight back, I tried, I tried.
She said, I cant.
He will destroy me.
He will destroy my career.
Perez told Sciorra that shed heard that Weinstein was harassing her.
During the call, Sciorra said that she was scared he was going to get her again.
When she made that statement, thats when I put two-and-two together, Perez said.
She said, How do you know?
I said, I didnt know, you just told me, you confirmed my speculation.
Then she started screaming, Oh my God, oh my God, Perez said.
Thats when she started telling me, in detail.
But she was too scared to.
Believing it could be a doorman or neighbor, Sciora opened it.
Weinstein allegedly shoved into the apartment.
After physically overpowering Sciorra, she claims Weinstein raped her, including forcibly performing oral sex on her.
Update, February 24:Harvey Weinsteins verdicthas been announced.
