Harvey Weinstein Made Sex Attack Victims 'Feel Small'

Prosecutors opening the disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described on April 23 how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small".

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The trial, which began with jury selection earlier in April, will see survivors who helped spark the #MeToo movement testify against Weinstein once more.

The former Miramax studio boss is charged with the 2006 sexual assault of former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and the 2013 rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann. He also faces a new count for an alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old in 2006.

Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey recounted Weinstein's alleged attacks in graphic detail, saying all three women had begged him to stop, but that he had "all the power... He made all these women feel small".

The prosecutor described how Weinstein pestered Ms Haleyi with multiple requests for massages and sexual favors before she found herself alone with him in an apartment one day in 2006.

"The defendant, three times (her) size, kissed her, groped her and she told him again she was not interested," Ms Lucey said. "He pulled Mimi towards him... She quickly realized he was not going to take a no for an answer."