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The formerProject Runwayproduction assistant walked into court at 9:41 a.m. Weinstein has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sexual activity.
Do you know somebody named Harvey Weinstein?, asked assistant district attorney Meghan Hast.
I know who Harvey Weinstein is, yes, Haleyi said.
Do you see him here in the courtroom today?
I do, Haleyi said, rising in her chair and nodding toward Weinstein.
Hasts questioning initially explored the progression of the interaction between Weinstein and Haleyi before the alleged sexual attack.
At their first meeting in Weinsteins hotel suite, Weinstein allegedly asked for a massage.
Haleyi refused and left the room feeling humiliated, thinking she would never hear from him again about work.
She was surprised to hear back from a Weinstein Company employee telling her there was an opportunity withProject Runway.
She went to New York City and worked on the show.
She did not go to France with him.
Haleyi said she had agreed to go to Weinsteins apartment in Soho on July 10, 2006.
Weinstein greeted her, and they had a normal exchange.
They sat on opposite sides of the sofa, a few feet from each other, Haleyi said.
I got off the sofa and said, Oh, no, no.
I just said, No, no I dont want this to happen.
This is not going to happen.
Im on my period, Haleyi said, breaking into tears.
I was just trying to tell him anything to make him stop.
And also I tried to reject him.
I mean, I did reject him, but he insisted.
Then he pushed me down, he held me down, he held me by my arms.
When I realized what was actually happening, I started weighing my options in my head.
Is the driver in on it?
Ultimately, after a while, I just checked out and said to myself,Endure it.
He held me down on the bed, and he forced himself on me orally, she continued.
I had a tampon in there.
He forced himself on me orally, and he put his mouth on my vagina …
I kept trying to tell him, No, dont go there, and Dont do that.
Im on my period.
I have a tampon in.
It was as if he didnt believe me.
And he said something like Where is it, then, like that, Haleyi said.
He literally pulled my tampon out.
Later that month, Weinstein wanted to meet with Haleyi at the Tribeca Hotel.
Hast asked her why she had agreed to meet him.
Haleyi later said she didnt consider it an assault because she didnt physically resist.
He said things like Youre a whore and a bitch, Haleyi recalled.
He thought that would somehow turn me on.
Cheronis pointed out that Weinstein had bought her a plane ticket to London in August 2006.
This is a breaking news story and has been updated throughout.
Update, February 24:Harvey Weinsteins verdicthas been announced.
