Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction Is Overturned by New York’s Top Court
Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction Is Overturned by New York’s Top Court
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HauteAssMess
New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the trial judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein’s case had made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.
Citing that decision and others it identified as errors, the appeals court determined that Mr. Weinstein, who as a movie producer had been one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, had not received a fair trial. The four judges in the majority wrote that Mr. Weinstein was not tried solely on the crimes he was charged with, but instead for much of his past behavior.
Now it will be up to the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg — already in the midst of a trial against former President Donald J. Trump — to decide whether to seek a retrial of Mr. Weinstein.
It was not immediately clear on Thursday morning how the decision would affect Mr. Weinstein, 71, who is being held in an upstate prison in Rome, N.Y. But he is not a free man. In addition to the possibility that the district attorney’s office may try him again, in 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in California after he was [convicted of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/19/us/weinstein-trial-verdict).
Mr. Weinstein was accused of [sexual misconduct by more than 100 women](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-trial-accusers-testimony.html); in New York he was convicted of assaulting two of them. The Court of Appeals decision, which comes more than four years after a New York jury found Mr. Weinstein guilty, complicates the disgraced producer’s story and underscores the legal system’s difficulty in delivering redress to those who say they have been the victims of sex crimes.
Cash_burner
I fucking hate the United States Judicial System
rottedngutted
I hope the stress of this trial shaved some years off his life. Scum.
amomentintimebro
New York continues to be one of our worst states
FirePhoton_Torpedoes
Just came here to post this, what the fuck. The victims deserve better. It’s disgusting to see these people keep getting away with it, especially as a r@pe survivor.
hatramroany
>But he is not a free man. In addition to the possibility that the district attorney’s office may try him again, in 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in California after he was convicted of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel.
Neat_Problem_922
Well. Fuck.
I hate this timeline.
desloges
Between this and Cosby, the long-term outcome of MeToo has been so upsetting (though, unfortunately, not surprising).
Kaiisim
Lmao American justice system
B1NG_P0T
I fucking hate it here.
keine_fragen
yo wtf
JamJamGaGa
I know it won’t happen but just imagine if he got out.
prairiemountainzen
God, this is so disgusting and infuriating.
I wish our society too SA crimes more seriously. It should *not* be this hard for survivors to find justice. It seems almost impossible.
lala_b11
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!!
__BipolarExpress__
I take solace in the fact that he will die in jail
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New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the trial judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein’s case had made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.
Citing that decision and others it identified as errors, the appeals court determined that Mr. Weinstein, who as a movie producer had been one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, had not received a fair trial. The four judges in the majority wrote that Mr. Weinstein was not tried solely on the crimes he was charged with, but instead for much of his past behavior.
Now it will be up to the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg — already in the midst of a trial against former President Donald J. Trump — to decide whether to seek a retrial of Mr. Weinstein.
It was not immediately clear on Thursday morning how the decision would affect Mr. Weinstein, 71, who is being held in an upstate prison in Rome, N.Y. But he is not a free man. In addition to the possibility that the district attorney’s office may try him again, in 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in California after he was [convicted of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/19/us/weinstein-trial-verdict).
Mr. Weinstein was accused of [sexual misconduct by more than 100 women](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-trial-accusers-testimony.html); in New York he was convicted of assaulting two of them. The Court of Appeals decision, which comes more than four years after a New York jury found Mr. Weinstein guilty, complicates the disgraced producer’s story and underscores the legal system’s difficulty in delivering redress to those who say they have been the victims of sex crimes.
I fucking hate the United States Judicial System
I hope the stress of this trial shaved some years off his life. Scum.
New York continues to be one of our worst states
Just came here to post this, what the fuck. The victims deserve better. It’s disgusting to see these people keep getting away with it, especially as a r@pe survivor.
>But he is not a free man. In addition to the possibility that the district attorney’s office may try him again, in 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in California after he was convicted of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel.
Well. Fuck.
I hate this timeline.
Between this and Cosby, the long-term outcome of MeToo has been so upsetting (though, unfortunately, not surprising).
Lmao American justice system
I fucking hate it here.
yo wtf
I know it won’t happen but just imagine if he got out.
God, this is so disgusting and infuriating.
I wish our society too SA crimes more seriously. It should *not* be this hard for survivors to find justice. It seems almost impossible.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!!
I take solace in the fact that he will die in jail
https://preview.redd.it/g5vs32poqmwc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ffc56eb2b9da2f405905ec4c213ae921a1d83e9
Fuck him, everyone who protected him and anyone who pretends that anything has changed since he was exposed.