Lawyer for Mimi Haley says Harvey Weinstein accuser will ‘consider testifying again’ after his conviction overturned

HARVEY Weinstein's accuser Mimi Haley will consider taking the stand again should the disgraced film producer be granted a new trial in New York, her former attorney told The U.S. Sun.

Famed attorney Gloria Allred, who represented Haley during Weinstein's 2020 trial in Manhattan, ripped the New York Court of Appeal's decision as a "significant step backward for the Me Too movement."

Attorney Gloria Allred (right) told The U.S. Sun that Miriam Haley (left) will testify again against Harvey Weinstein if the disgraced film producer is granted a new trialCredit: Getty

The New York Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape convictionCredit: AP

"Even though the process of testifying was grueling and retraumatizing for Mimi, she reaffirmed to me today that she would consider testifying again if District Attorney Alvin Bragg decided to proceed with a new trial of Harvey Weinstein," Allred told The U.S. Sun in a statement.

"I commend Mimi on her courage and willingness to keep standing up for the truth."

The renowned attorney blasted Thursday's ruling, saying, "The decision of the New York Court of Appeals today is a significant step backwards for the 'Me Too' movement in criminal cases in New York.

"The decision means that it will be more difficult to convict those who victimize women and prey on them.

"As a result, fewer prosecutions will be brought against sexual predators and many will escape the justice that they deserve.

"Although victims have lost this battle they have not lost the war.

"We will continue to fight for justice for victims both in criminal and civil cases until there is a fair trial not just for the accused but also for those who allege that they are victims of sexual predators."

Miriam "Mimi" Haley, a former Swedish production assistant on the television show Project Runway, underwent hours of grueling testimony during the high-profile 2020 trial.

HARROWING TESTIMONY

Haley sobbed on the stand as she described to jurors how Weinstein sexually assaulted her in his New York City apartment in 2006.

"I tried to reject him, but he insisted," said Haley, who was one of two plaintiffs whose allegations led to criminal charges against the disgraced Hollywood mogul.

"Every time I tried to get off the bed, he pushed me back and held me down."

Haley, 44, insisted that she told Weinstein "no" several times and even considered screaming out rape.

"I thought if I scream rape, will someone hear me? If I kick harder, will I be able to get away from him," the Swedish producer emotionally said on the stand at the time.

Haley, who previously spelled her surname Haleyi but changed it to distance herself from the traumatizing incidents, also described a second sexual assault that allegedly occurred in a Manhattan hotel room.

During that attack, Haley remembered going "numb."

"I thought, 'Here we go again,'" she said at the time.

Haley said Weinstein would call her a "w***e and a b***h" during the alleged assault.