Aspiring Actress Testifies ‘Deformed’-Looking Harvey Weinstein Raped Her After Using Penile Injection

Jessica Mann, a key witness for the prosecution, testified on Friday morning

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Speaking publicly for the first time, aspiring actress and hairdresser Jessica Mann testified on Friday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in hotel rooms in Los Angeles and New York City in 2013 — and that she found a syringe used for a penile injection after one of the encounters.

In graphic testimony that left her sobbing in the New York courtroom, the key prosecution witness described her “manipulative” encounters with the former Hollywood mogul and how she “faked an orgasm” after she said he orally sexually assaulted her in an L.A. hotel room in order to end the experience as quickly as possible.

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