“You Don’t Say No to Harvey Weinstein”: Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies in Sex-Crime Trial

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Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom alleged that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2005 in a disturbing testimony.

“There was this big person coming towards me, and it felt like everybody sort of backed away,” Siebel Newsom said of meeting Weinstein during the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, as reported by. “It felt like the Red Sea was parting.” They would reconnect in September 2005 at the Peninsula hotel in Beverly Hills, where Siebel Newsom had agreed to meet Weinstein to discuss business.

When Siebel Newsom and Weinstein were unexpectedly left alone in his hotel suite, any interest in her career allegedly faded away. Siebel Newsom said that Weinstein exited the bathroom in nothing but a robe and began groping her while masturbating. “Horror! Horror!” she testified of her feelings during that moment, according to the Associated Press. “I’m trembling. I’m like a rock, I’m frigid. This is my worst nightmare.

When the prosecutor asked Siebel Newsom why she remained in the hotel suite, she replied: “Because you don’t say no to Harvey Weinstein. He could make or ruin your career. I thought I was going to discuss my projects.”Mark Werksman about when she disclosed her alleged assault to her husband, who wasn’t present in the courtroom. Siebel Newsom said she told the governor, whom she married in 2008, “that Harvey was sketchy at different times, and he picked up on it himself when he met him.” He returned campaign contributions from Weinstein “right away” in October 2017 after deducing what had occurred, Siebel Newsom testified.

that without her husband, Siebel Newsom would “be just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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