Harvey Weinstein still faces separate rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.
New York:
Harvey Weinstein was sued Friday by the former production assistant whose disgraced film producer was convicted at trial of sexually assaulting.
Miriam Haley, who also used the name Mimi Haleyi, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for the pain and suffering she, Weinstein said, caused by assaulting her in July 2006, at a time when she was looking for more work in the entertainment industry.
Weinstein’s lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Haley, who lives in London, has filed her complaint with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Weinstein, 68, is appealing his February 24 conviction and 23-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting Haley and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
The conviction was passed in a New York State court in Manhattan. Weinstein still faces separate rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.
Haley had testified that while working on a Weinstein television production, she agreed to meet him on July 10, 2006, at his apartment in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.
She said they were sitting on a sofa chatting when Weinstein pounced on her, causing her to jump up and say, “Oh, no, no, no.” Haley said he then propped her up to a bedroom, held her down on a bed, and forced himself on her orally.
Weinstein “did not admit his criminal fault at all” and “showed no sign of real remorse,” Haley said in a statement provided by her lawyer Gloria Allred. “He should be held fully accountable.”
Prior to his conviction, Weinstein had denied accusations of sexual abuse of dozens of women. Her case helped spark the #MeToo movement against predatory sexual behavior.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge overseeing the liquidation of Weinstein’s former film studio is expected to consider a liquidation plan that would provide approximately $ 17 million in compensation to Weinstein’s accusers.
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