Harvey Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann ‘wasn’t upset after attack’ & called him ‘spiritual soul mate’, ex-friend says – The Sun

Harvey Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann allegedly wasn't upset after the attack called him her "spiritual soul mate," an ex-friend testified.

Brazilian actress Talita Maia, 35 – who testified in Weinstein's defense on Monday – claimed Mann seemed to be "normal" on the night of the alleged sexual assault.

Maia, speaking with jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court about Mann, said: "She said a few times that [Weinstein] was her spiritual soulmate.

“She always spoke highly of him. She seemed to really like him as a person."

Jessica Mann accused the disgraced filmmaker of forcing her into oral sex and raping her in 2013.

In court last week, Mann testified that Weinstein has no testicles and "appears to have a vagina."

On Monday, Maia said Mann "seemed OK" and "normal" after Weinstein allegedly forced oral sex inside a hotel suite at the Montage Beverly Hills, Page Six reported.

Maia told jurors that after the incident she felt "uncomfortable" and didn't pay much attention to what else was going on.

When asked if Mann was "romantically interested" in the movie mogul, Maia said Mann "seemed like she always wanted to see" him.

She explained how Mann, her a former roommate, had opened up about Weinstein allegedly pressuring her to have a threesome.

Maia said, according to Page Six: “Mann was curious about girls. When she met Emanuela [Postacchini], she mentioned that she was gorgeous. She kept saying that.

“For me, what I understood back then is [Mann] just panicked.

"For me, it wasn’t something with Harvey. It was something with herself."

Model Claudia Salinas, 38, also testified in court on Monday and denied accusations that were made by Weinstein accuser Lauren Marie Young.

Young – the last of the six women to testify in Weinstein's rape trial – claimed Salinas waited outside the bathroom as she was sexually assaulted.

About two weeks ago, jurors in a Manhattan court heard that Weinstein demanded a young actress have a threesome with him before saying "that's how Charlize Theron and Salma Hayek got ahead."

Witness Dawn Dunning told jurors Weinstein asked her to meet him in a hotel suite in New York when she was just 24 years old – but when she declined, he told her she'd need to trade sex for career opportunities.

Before name-dropping Theron and Hayek, Dunning claimed Weinstein shouted: "You'll never make it in this business! This is how the industry works!"

Weinstein has maintained that any sexual encounters were consensual and more defense witnesses are expected to speak on Tuesday.

More than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual conduct since 2017.

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