A key accuser in the the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is set to face a potentially gruelling cross-examination in New York City on Monday, about why she maintained a relationship with the film producer despite her allegation he sexually assaulted her.
The testimony comes at a pivotal moment in the trial of Weinstein, whose downfall energized the #MeToo movement.
He is charged in New York with the 2013 rape and also sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, a former Project Runway production assistant, in 2006.
The 34-year-old, who has not previously identified herself in public as an alleged victim of Weinstein, told jurors last week he trapped her in a New York hotel room in March 2013, angrily ordered her to undress as he loomed over her, then raped her.