Ex-Project Runway staffer testifies through tears that Harvey Weinstein raped her in violent 2006 assault: I couldnt get away

A former production assistant on “Project Runway” testified through tears Wednesday about how Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted at his SoHo apartment, recounting how she futilely tried to push him away and he completely ignored her protests.“I realized that I’m getting raped,” Miriam “Mimi” Haley, 48, said was going through her mind during the alleged 2006 attack.“The unthinkable was happening … I didn’t know when it was ending,” she told jurors at Weinstein’s retrial in Manhattan Supreme Court.Haley was about 29 when she claims the then-Miramax movie studio boss had a driver pick her up from her apartment and take him to his pad — where he allegedly almost immediately “lunged at” her, trying to kiss her as they sat on his sofa.The former TV production assistant — who also testified at Weinstein’s 2020 Manhattan rape trial — told the court in graphic detail about the disturbing July 10, 2006 assault that left her “mortified” and “in disbelief.” “I rejected him and he kept persisting, trying to kiss me.” Haley said.The then-110-pound Haley futilely attempted to “push him away,” but the much-larger Weinstein wouldn’t relent and eventually grabbed her, forcing her into a “dark bedroom,” she testified.“I was trying to get him off of me.I was trying to push him away from me.

I was trying to get him to stop kissing me and grabbing me,” she described, before she began crying.Haley said Weinstein pinned her on the bed and fumbled with her clothes eventually taking her underwear off.“I couldn’t get away from his grip,” she told jurors.Haley told Weinstein that she was on her period and had a tampon in, but undeterred, he “yanked it out,” she testified.He then “forcefully” performed oral sex on her, she alleged.“I don’t remember all that much from the moment,” she said.“I decided to check out.”Haley said she made a calculated decision to let the encounter play out, deciding to “check o...