Jennifer Siebel Newsom Moving testimony of the rape of Harvey Weinstein

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Moving testimony of the rape of Harvey Weinstein

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the actress and wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, almost cried from the witness stand on Monday when she told the court that Harvey Weinstein slept with her in a hotel room and talked about the terrible effect it had on him. 17 years since. "He knows it's not normal!" he cried during the Los Angeles trial, recalling his thoughts amid the 2005 sex-rape allegations. "He knew it wasn't consent!" 

 

 

And he cried out "Oh my God!" as if he was overcome with memory, and he cried. Weinstein watched from the security desk.

 

Siebel Newsom said she unexpectedly found herself with Weinstein at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, where she agreed to join him for a meeting. He said he thought others would be there talking about his work.

 

When he came out of the bathroom in a bathing suit with nothing on and started to masturbate, she explained how she felt. "Terror! Terror!" he says. "I'm shaking. I'm like a rock, I'm not afraid. It was my worst nightmare. I'm just a flying doll! 

 

She then gave a graphic description of Weinstein's sexual assault and harassment in the bedroom.

 

Lawyers for Weinstein, who may turn him down briefly and file a lawsuit on Tuesday, said the two had consensual sex and that he was trying to use a powerful producer to boost his career. Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence for sex crimes in New York and has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault in California involving five women.

 

Siebel Newsom is the fourth woman to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault to speak out in Los Angeles. His testimony was the most dramatic and moving to date in the three-week trial. She cried during her 2.5 hours on the stand, starting when she was asked to identify Weinstein, 70, for the record. "He was wearing a blue suit and tie, and he was looking at me," she said as tears began to flow.

 

Now 48, Siebel Newsom has revealed how Weinstein first approached her to appear at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. At that time, he was a producer and actor with only a few small roles, and he was at the height of his Hollywood power.

 

He said: “I felt like the Red Sea parted, watching others in the room make way for him. "I don't know if it's respect or fear." 

 

But he said that when they had a drink later that day he "loved it" and showed a "genuine interest in talking about my work". 

 

He was in the Los Angeles area a few weeks later, stopping by her house at a small party to drop off a gift and invite her to a hotel meeting.

 

He explained how scared he was when he was taken to his hotel. When Assistant District Attorney Marlene Martinez asked him why he didn't go, he replied, "Because you don't say no to Harvey Weinstein." 

 

"It can make or break your career," he said.

 

After that, he said he was "very embarrassed". 

 

"I was so raped, I don't know how it happened," she cried. "I didn't see a sign and I don't know how to escape." 

 

Siebel Newsom was known as Jane Doe # 4 at the time of the trial, since Weinstein was accused of other rapes or sexual assaults, her name was not mentioned in court. But the prosecution and defense identified her as the governor's wife during the trial, and attorney Siebel Newsom confirmed to the Associated Press and other media that she was Jane Doe #4. The AP generally does not call those who claim abuse unless they come forward publicly.

 

Weinstein has had a number of high-profile accusers, including high-profile actors, since he became a magnet for the #MeToo movement in 2017. But none of the women who told their stories in the case have the name Siebel Newsom — the wife of the man who ran last week for a second term as governor of the nation's most expensive state. body and can run for the position of White Logger. The governor was not in court on Monday. During cross-examination, Weinstein's lawyer Mark Werksman repeatedly pressed Siebel Newsom to know when she told her husband about the assault, pointing to a t