LOS ANGELES — Kelly Sipherd said she wanted to confront her assailant.
In 1991, Sipherd was a 24-year-old aspiring actress when she met Harvey Weinstein at the Toronto International Film Festival. She enjoyed the conversation about novels and films they had over a few glasses of wine and thought it was a "great opportunity" for her nascent career to know the Hollywood mogul, she testified last week at Weinstein's rape trial in Los Angeles.
Sipherd recalled how Weinstein invited her to his hotel room to watch an Irish film he wanted to adapt, telling her he thought she'd be great for a part in it. But within minutes of entering the room, Sipherd said, Weinstein was half undressed, clawing at her skirt. She said he raped her that night.
