Actor Rosie Perez exits after testifying during film producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial at New York Criminal Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 24, 2020. I think I was raped.”Perez testified that when she asked Sciorra who had raped her, Sciorra said only, “I can’t, I can’t.”Months later, Perez said, she heard rumors that Weinstein was stalking Sciorra in London and concluded he was the rapist. Perez said she called Sciorra, who confirmed her suspicion.Perez said she urged Sciorra to go to the police, but Sciorra refused, saying, “He’d destroy me.”Weinstein lawyer Damon Cheronis cross-examined Perez, pressing her about the details of her first phone call to Sciorra and asking her whether she went to check on her friend after the conversation.Perez said she had not.“I was in a panic,” she said, becoming animated. Her testimony could help prosecutors show jurors why some women who have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct might have stayed in contact with him after it occurred.On cross-examination, Cheronis asked Ziv if a woman could view a consensual encounter years later as nonconsensual because she had come to regret it.“Anything is possible,” Ziv answered, though she said it was not the norm. (This story corrects day to Friday, from Thursday, in 18th paragraph)

Source: Egypt Today January 24, 2020 22:30 UTC