Mira Sorvino says she was date raped and calls for 'justice' for survivors

Oscar winner at forefront of #MeToo movement says she felt ‘ashamed’ and that incident was somehow her fault

The Oscar-winning actor Mira Sorvino has said she is a survivor of date rape, saying she was talking about it publicly to lend her voice to a push for stronger sexual assault laws in New York.

Sorvino, who was one of the first women to accuse the film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, spoke during a news conference with New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, in support of the push to drop the statute of limitations on rape allegations.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2WCCI9H