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IAMA HARVEY RAPE VIC

‘Anonymous’ woman comes forward

- By MARYANN MARTINEZ

He’s like, “Hey, it’s Harvey Weinstein. Open the door. We have to talk.” — Evgeniya Chernyshov­a

The woman Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of raping in 2013 — leading to a 16-year prison sentence — has come forward to reveal herself as a Siberian modelturne­d-florist.

“I want my life back. I’ve been raped. This is my story,” Evgeniya Chernyshov­a, who had previously been identified only as Jane Doe 1, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Of the four women to testify that they had been sexually assaulted by Weinstein in Los Angeles, Chernyshov­a’s charges were the only ones to result in a conviction.

Explaining why she had remained anonymous until now, she added: “I did it because I was ashamed and humiliated.

“I thought it was a good decision to protect my kids. But it was a horrible decision for myself because I’ve been cut off from everyone. It isn’t right to go through this hell alone.”

Chernyshov­a reported her encounter with Weinstein — who is also serving a 23-year sentence in a New York case on sex-assault charges — four years after it happened, at the urging of her then-teenage daughter, according to the magazine.

She described being introduced to the now-disgraced movie mogul 10 years ago at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, then returning to her hotel alone. As she was getting ready for bed, she got a call from the front desk saying she had a guest, who turned out to be Weinstein. She tried to brush him off, but a few minutes later, he was knocking on her room door.

‘I was hating myself’

“He’s like, ‘Hey, it’s Harvey Weinstein. Open the door. We have to talk. I’m not going to f--k you. I just have to talk to you.’ ”

Chernyshov­a reluctantl­y opened the door, and he rushed into the room, sitting down and taking his jacket off, she recalled, and after a little small talk, Weinstein quickly attempted to turn things sexual.

“He opened his pants, and I became hysterical,” she recounted. “I was continuing to show my kids’ pictures, to try to convince him that ‘I have kids, please do not do that.’ But he did what he did. He assaulted me in the bedroom, and then he dragged me to the bathroom and he raped me there.”

Weinstein was convicted in December on three counts related to his encounter with Chernyshov­a: eight years for forcible rape, six years for forcible oral copulation and two years for sexual penetratio­n by a foreign object.

The aftermath of the attack left Chernyshov­a broken — as she cycled through depression and excessive drinking, which she claims eventually led her to divorce.

“I was hating myself,” she said. “I was thinking all the time, ‘There were a lot of beautiful women and stars there, and he chose you. So it’s you who did something.’ I was depressed, I was mentally not stable. I was out of my mind.”

Chernyshov­a addressed the court during the sentencing, telling the judge there was no prison sentence long enough to repair the damage Weinstein has caused her.

Weinstein — whose appeal for a retrial was denied — also spoke, in a desperate bid to proclaim his innocence, claiming to have never even met Chernyshov­a.

“This is another story, and with all due respect, Jane Doe 1 is an actress. She can turn the tears on.

“This is a setup. I beg your mercy.”

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