Harvey Weinstein is facing another trial in New York after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned last year.
Former “Project Runway” assistant Miriam Haley, one of the key accusers in the original trial, returned to the witness stand this week, revisiting her allegations of sexual assault by the disgraced movie mogul.
Haley testified that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006 after luring her to his Manhattan apartment under the pretense of work.
“I checked out and decided to endure it,” she told the court, adding that she never had romantic interest in Weinstein and was only seeking a career opportunity.
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The retrial includes charges related to two other women: actress Jessica Mann, who alleges Weinstein raped her in 2013, and Kaja Sokola, a former model who says Weinstein assaulted her when she was just 16.
Meanwhile, another accuser, Ambra Gutierrez, is making headlines again—not in court, but in a new legal push.
Her lawyer has asked federal prosecutors to investigate what they call a “cover-up” by powerful figures in New York City in 2015, when Gutierrez accused Weinstein of groping her.
At the time, the NYPD had secretly recorded Weinstein apologizing to Gutierrez, and detectives said they had enough evidence to arrest him within 24 hours.
But according to former NYPD Special Victims chief Michael Osgood, higher-ups blocked the arrest, possibly after lobbying from Weinstein’s powerful legal allies, including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Gutierrez says the incident destroyed her career and that she was discouraged from going public. She eventually signed a $1 million nondisclosure agreement after learning prosecutors would not press charges.
Now, with Weinstein’s past under renewed scrutiny and his retrial underway, victims and former investigators are calling for accountability—not just for Weinstein, but for those who may have protected him.
