'You feel you should have been smarter': Mira Sorvino tears up as she reveals she is a survivor of date rape Mira Sorvino made the confession at a press conference advocating for stronger sexual harassment and rape-reporting laws The actress, 51, said, 'You feel like it was somehow your fault' Sorvino declined to go into any detail over the incident Mira was one of numerous women to come forward with accusations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:33 BST, 12 June 2019 | Updated: 19:39 BST, 12 June 2019 Viewcomments Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino has tearfully revealed she was date raped. The 51-year-old actress broke down as she made the revelation during a press conference advocating for stronger sexual harassment and rape-reporting laws in New York on Wednesday. 'I'm a survivor of date rape,' Sorvino said. 'I have never said that last part ever in public because it is impossible sometimes to share these sort of things, and I'm doing it here to try and help.' 'You feel shame': Mira Sorvino has revealed she is a survivor of date rape (pictured October 2018) Sorvino, who was among those to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, declined to go into any detail about the date rape. 'I can tell you, because in situations of second-degree rape, which is what mine would constitute, you feel shame,' she said. 'You feel like somehow it was your fault, that you should have been smarter, you should have protected yourself better, you should have not taken that drink, who knows what was in it.' She spoke out during a press conference with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the state Capitol in a bid to push lawmakers into strengthening sexual harassment and rape-reporting laws. Sorvino was one of the first women to come forward and accuse disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. She also revealed that at age 16 she was tied up to a chair and gagged with a condom by a director during one of her first auditions. 'In order to scare me for this horror movie scene, he tied me to a chair, he bruised my arm, and I was 16 years old, and then he gagged me, and I was all game because I'm trying to be scared for the scene,' she claimed, in an interview with The HFPA In Conversation. 'And at the end he takes the gag out of my mouth and he said, "Sorry for the prophylactic," so he had gagged me with a condom.' Coming forward: Mira was one of numerous women who came forward in October to accuse disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility