Miriam Haley testifies against Harvey Weinstein once more

Five years after tearfully telling a court that she'd been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein, former "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley took the stand again Tuesday.

Five years after she tearfully told a court that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her, former "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley took the stand again Tuesday to revisit the ordeal she alleges she endured at the hands of the disgraced movie mogul.

Haley was back testifying because New York’s highest court last year overturned Weinstein’s landmark 2020 conviction, which defined the #MeToo movement and helped turn Weinstein into a Hollywood pariah. 

Haley had barely started testifying when Weinstein's lawyers began raising objections to her recounting the abuse she says she suffered as a child while she was being raised in Sweden.

Miriam Haley arrives in the courtroom after a break Tuesday.Seth Wenig / APWeinstein’s defense team had been expected to closely watch the testimony of Haley, who says Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in July 2006, because both she and actor Jessica Mann testified at the 2020 trial. Mann says Weinstein raped her in 2013 in a Manhattan hotel room.

Weinstein is charged with one count of engaging in a criminal sex act in connection with Haley’s allegations and one count of third-degree rape in Mann's case.