Actor Annabella Sciorra has testified at , saying the Hollywood producer pinned her hands behind her head and raped her in her apartment more than 25 years ago.
"He had intercourse with me as I tried to fight, but I couldn't fight anymore because he had my hands locked," she told the New York jury of seven men and five women.
Weinstein, sitting at the defence table, appeared mostly to be looking down during Sciorra's testimony on Thursday.
Weinstein, 67, has pleaded not guilty to charges of
Actor Annabella Sciorra arrives back at court after a break. Source: AP
He has said all his sexual encounters with women were consensual.
Since 2017, more than 80 women, including many famous actors, have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
Ellen Barkin, Mira Sorvino and Rosanna Arquette sent Twitter messages of support to Sciorra, best known for her role in The Sopranos.
Barkin was in the courtroom.
Sciorra's allegation from the winter of 1993-94 is too old to be charged as a separate crime, but prosecutors hope it will show that Weinstein was a repeat sexual predator, a charge that could put him in prison for life.
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein (R), leaves New York State Supreme Court. Source: EPA
On Wednesday, Weinstein's lawyer said during opening statements that Sciorra had in the past described the encounter as consensual.
Defence lawyer Damon Cheronis also said Weinstein could not have gotten to Sciorra's 17th-floor apartment uninvited because her building had a doorman.
Sciorra told the jury the evening started with Weinstein giving her a ride home from an Irish restaurant and, after dropping her off, knocked on her door and came inside uninvited.
Then, she said, he dragged her into her bedroom and pinned her hands down behind her head.
She testified that after forcing intercourse on her, Weinstein performed oral sex on her as she told him no.
"It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual," she said. "It was like a seizure or something."
Sciorra told jurors she became depressed after the incident, drinking heavily and even cutting herself.
She cried on the stand as she told of how she was unable to tell her family what had happened.
"I cried a lot," she said. "I spent a lot of time alone. I didn't see very many people. I didn't want to talk about what happened."
Sciorra said she saw Weinstein several weeks later at a dinner and tried to confront him and told him how she fainted during the alleged attack.
She said he responded: "That's what all the nice Catholic girls say."
She said Weinstein leaned in and said: "This remains between you and I." Though he laughed, his tone was "very menacing", Sciorra said.
Defence lawyers had said on Wednesday during opening statements that emails from the accusers to Weinstein would show they maintained warm relations, which could undermine a case that appears to rely primarily on the testimony of the accusers.
With AAP...
