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Posted: 2020-01-31T20:53:25Z | Updated: 2020-01-31T21:00:23Z

Former actress Jessica Mann testified in graphic detail Friday about her encounters with Harvey Weinstein, alleging the disgraced film executive raped her in a hotel room seven years ago.

Mann is the fifth accuser to take the witness stand against Weinstein. Her testimony comes a week after Annabella Sciorra, an actor known for her work on The Sopranos and several films, took the stand for nearly two hours. Sciorra detailed the night she claims Weinstein burst into her New York apartment in late 1993 or early 1994 and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

In Manns testimony, she said she met Weinstein at a Los Angeles party in either 2012 or 2013, after moving to the city to pursue acting. Like many of the women accusing Weinstein of misconduct, Mann said the film mogul took an interest in meeting with her under the guise of helping her further her career.

In her testimony, Mann said that in an early meeting, Weinstein asked for a massage. At a later meeting purportedly for a movie role, Mann alleged that Weinstein forced oral sex on her. She told the court she faked an orgasm to get out of it, The New York Times reported .

Weeks after these meetings, Weinstein raped her at the DoubleTree hotel in Midtown Manhattan, Mann alleged. During that encounter, Weinstein injected his penis with erection medication, forced her to undress, and barred her from leaving the room, she said.