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Jessica Mann alleges sick way Harvey Weinstein grieved after his mother’s death

A former actress has described in court the disturbing way Harvey Weinstein allegedly handled his grief after his mother died.

Film-production assistant takes stand as Weinstein trial resumes in NY

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Harvey Weinstein consoled himself after his mother’s death by masturbating in front of a wannabe actress and having her perform oral sex on him, the woman has testified in court.

Rape accuser Jessica Mann — who has acknowledged on the stand that the pair had consensual sex on and off over the years — told a Manhattan Supreme Court jury that the last sexual encounter she remembers having with the disgraced movie mogul occurred after his mother died in November 2016.

Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the courtroom for his sexual assault trial at Manhattan criminal court this week. Picture: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP
Ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the courtroom for his sexual assault trial at Manhattan criminal court this week. Picture: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP
Former Actress Jessica Mann is a key witness for the prosecution. Picture: Johannes Eisele/AFP
Former Actress Jessica Mann is a key witness for the prosecution. Picture: Johannes Eisele/AFP

“He needed to be consoled for his grief, and he wanted to talk to me because I understood grief,” said Mann, whose father died a year earlier.

Mann said that when she arrived where Weinstein was staying, “he’s naked on the bed and wants to do something sexual.

“I think he masturbated in a mirror and put himself in my mouth, and it was the second time that fluid ever came out … and it disgusted me,” she said, adding that the discharge tasted foul because of erectile dysfunction medicine Weinstein was taking.

Mann, 34 — who says Weinstein raped her twice — broke down in sobs on the stand and claimed to be having a panic attack earlier this week.

She has previously testified that Weinstein urinated on her and pressured her into a threesome.

Subdued and somber as she returned for her third day testifying about her complex relationship with Weinstein, Mann stared at jurors and told them: “I want the jury to know that he is my rapist.”

The woman is expected to be on the stand much of today (US time) as Weinstein’s lawyers continue a painstaking review of her emails and other communications. They say the 34-year-old former actress was a manipulator who gritted her way through sexual encounters with Weinstein because she enjoyed the perks of knowing him.

While dozens of women have accused Weinstein of sexual assault, he is on trial for allegations involving just two episodes with two women: Mann and a former film and TV production assistant, Mimi Haleyi, who alleges he forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. Weinstein’s downfall energized the #MeToo movement.

- with wires

This article originally appeared in the NY Post and was reproduced with permission.

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