A dancer who was a body double in the 2004 Harvey Weinstein-produced film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights took the stand Thursday in Weinstein’s Los Angeles sexual assault trial.
A so-called “prior bad acts” witness, Ashley M. gave a harrowing account of an hotel encounter with Weinstein during the Miramax film’s 2003 production in Puerto Rico that ended with Weinstein allegedly masturbating on her.
It marked the fourth day of testimony in the trial in which Weinstein faces a maximum sentence of more than 100 years in prison if convicted on grand jury charges for four counts of rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual penetration by use of force, plus one count of sexual battery by restraint and sexual battery.
Ashley M, who is not a charged victim in the case, testified that she was 22 and met Weinstein on the set of the film. After getting her alone for a private conversation he said something about a “naked massage,” according to pool reports about her testimony.
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