Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape & Sexual Assault In 2nd Trial

Harvey Weinstein has been convicted connected 3 charges of rape and intersexual assault, Variety reported connected Dec. 19, 2022. Harvey faced a full of 7 charges during the Los Angeles trial: 2 counts of rape and 5 counts of intersexual assault. The assemblage acquitted him of 1 complaint and was incapable to scope a unanimous verdict connected 3 different charges.

More specifically, the Nine shaper was recovered blameworthy of raping an Italian exemplary who is known arsenic Jane Doe #1. The battle took spot astatine the Mr. C Hotel successful February 2013. While divided connected the vote, jurors voted successful favour of convicting him of intersexual artillery against Lauren Young successful a 10-2 ballot and rape and forcible oral copulation of Jennifer Siebel Newsom (the woman of California Gov. Gavin Newsom) with an 8-4 outcome.

Harvey Weinstein has been recovered blameworthy connected 3 much charges of intersexual battle successful a Los Angeles courtroom (Photo: SplashNews)

The assemblage was incapable to scope a verdict connected Jennifer’s different allegations and they acquitted him of the felony intersexual artillery of a massage therapist, identified arsenic Jane Doe #3. Judge Lisa B. Lench ruled the allegations with the assemblage successful a deadlock a mistrial. The assemblage spent 40 hours deliberating implicit the span of 2 weeks opening connected Dec. 2 to travel to their last conclusion. The charges were based connected allegations from 4 women who said they were assaulted by Harvey betwixt 2005 and 2013 successful Los Angeles.

The sentencing day has not been announced arsenic of this writing. If helium were convicted of each 7 counts, Harvey would person faced 60 years successful prison.

As Harvey awaits his sentencing, helium volition beryllium staying down bars for the 20 years near for his 2020 New York situation condemnation aft he was recovered guilty of committing a transgression intersexual enactment successful the first-degree and third-degree rape. He received 20 years for assaulting a erstwhile accumulation assistant, Mimi Haley, successful 2006. He got an further 3 years for raping aspiring histrion Jessica Mann successful 2013 successful a Manhattan hotel. Harvey has been locked up astatine the Twin Towers Correctional Facility successful downtown Los Angeles since july 2021 aft being transferred from New York. However, successful August, The New York Court of Appeals — the state’s highest tribunal — agreed to perceive an entreaty successful 2023.

Harvey pleaded not blameworthy successful some trials and waived his close to instrumentality the witnesser stand. “They played the game,” Weinstein’s defence attorney Alan Jackson said successful the closing statements for his 2nd trial. “They hatred it now, unequivocally, and that hatred translated into their testimony.”

The 2nd condemnation comes 5 years aft The New York Times and The New Yorker published shocking investigative pieces astir respective allegations against him starting successful the precocious 1990s and his signifier of abuse. He and his member were among the astir revered movie producers successful Hollywood astatine the time, creating iconic movies specified arsenic 1994’s Pulp Fiction, 1998’s Shakespeare successful Love, and 2002’s Gangs of New York.

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