Harvey Weinstein accuser shares graphic details of hotel room encounter
- Lauren Young was 22 at the time of the alleged 2013 attack
- Weinstein’s lawyers have denied the mogul did anything wrong
A woman whose allegation of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein led to criminal charges in Southern California took the stand in his criminal trial in New York City on Wednesday, accusing him of groping her while masturbating in a Los Angeles hotel room.
Lauren Young, a Pennsylvania native who was 22 at the time of the alleged 2013 attack, is the last of six women to testify against Weinstein in Manhattan, where the fallen Hollywood mogul faces five counts of sexual assault and life in prison if convicted.
In court Wednesday, Young said she had been living in Los Angeles for two years when she first met Weinstein in February 2013 in the restaurant of the Montage Beverly Hills hotel. Young said she put on her best dress for the occasion.
“I was excited to network and pitch my ideas,” she said.
Young said a recent acquaintance, who was also present at the Montage that night, arranged the meeting with Weinstein to talk about Young’s unfinished script.