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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, sobbed as she described Harvey’s “distorted” and fish-shaped genitalia Weinstein during his testimony in the trial for sexual assault committed by the film producer on Monday.
Identified in court as ‘Jane Doe 4’, Siebel Newsom wept as she recounted how Weinstein allegedly raped her in 2004 at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.
“I’m on my feet. I am resisting,” she said. “Horror. I’m shaking. This is my worst nightmare. I’m just this inflatable doll he’s just trying to masturbate to.”
When asked by Assistant District Attorney Marlene Martinez to describe Weinstein’s physique, Siebel Newsom said: “Lots of bruises, marks, yellow and green, lots of stretch marks on her belly, very little physically fit. However, he looked uncircumcised and strange, like a fish, the penis, something was distorted in the testicles… Lots of skin, lots of skin down there.”
Siebel Newsom, a former actress, is the fourth woman to take the stand to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault at his trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Weinstein, who is already serving a sentence of 48 years for rape and sexual assault in New York, faces charges for allegedly sexually assaulting four women in Los Angeles between 1200 Y 2013.
Siebel Newsom, 15 years old, said she agreed to meet with Weinstein in his hotel suite to discuss a film project and because “he could make or break his career.”
However, once that they were alone in the room, Siebel Newsom said that Weinstein was staying He removed the suit and put on a robe, then began to “manipulate” and “threaten” her, while mentioning the names of various actresses.
He said that Weinstein penetrated his private parts with his fingers and then with his “deformed” penis.
Siebel Newsom said tearfully: “He knows this is not normal. He knows that this is not consent, “and added that at first Weinstein could not get an erection.
” And then he puts part of the penis from him because he pushes me against the bed,” she said. “He doesn’t stay because his penis is very strange and in bad shape. He realizes this. I was just worried that he was going to make me sick. It was so disgusting.”
Siebel Newsom said she was paralyzed with fear, but He put his hand on Weinstein’s penis to “try to get him to stop.”
“Oh, just I made some noises to make him ejaculate faster,” Siebel Newsom said. “Like the noises of pleasure.”
After Weinstein ejaculated Siebel Newsom said that she was speechless. “I just wanted to get out of there,” she said through tears. “Forgive my language.”
When asked by Martinez why he continued to correspond by email with Weinstein even after the alleged rape, Siebel Newsom He said he felt what happened was “something unique” and that Weinstein had gotten married.
“I tried to put what happened in a box, although sometimes it came out,” he said. “And my sadness and my fear sometimes turned into anger.”
Siebel Newsom was also asked about an email he sent to him. to Weinstein at 2005 seeking his advice when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco.
In a previous ruling, Judge Lisa Lench granted prosecutors permission to use the email, which mentioned an affair Newsom had in 2005 with an assistant.
“I thought Harvey Weinstein had relationships with the press and understood how to handle it, and I thought he might be helpful,” Siebel Newsom said when asked about the email on Monday.
During cross-examination of 48 minutes, defense attorney Mark Werksman attacked Siebel Newsom over a campaign contribution of $500 dollars Weinstein made to her husband’s campaign.
Siebel Newsom said her husband’s staff had asked for the donation at his suggestion, but said the money was returned after the MeToo movement.
“When did you tell Gavin Newsom about his sexual assault allegation?” Werksman asked.
“I told him that Harvey was weird in different ways. moments, and he realized it himself when he met him,” she responded.
During his opening statement, Werksman reflected on Siebel Newsom and said: “Today she is the wife of Governor Newsom. She is the first lady of California…She has become a prominent victim in the MeToo movement…Otherwise, she would be just another chump who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.”
Siebel Newsom will continue his testimony on Tuesday.
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