Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Is Overturned By New York's Top Court

Anonymous Coward 4/25/2024 9:47 pm GMT	Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Is Overturned By New York's Top Court NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era. The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against the ex-movie mogul based on allegations that weren’t part of the case. Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape. But the New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein. While Thursday’s ruling was a blow to #MeToo advocates, they noted it was based on legal technicalities and not an exoneration of Weinstein's behavior, saying the original trial irrevocably moved the cultural needle on attitudes about sexual assault.
Sticky Fart 4/25/2024 10:04 pm UK	Re: Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Is Overturned By New York's Top Court And Harvey gets it in both ends in the showers, what goes around comes around.

Anonymous Coward

4/25/2024 9:47 pm GMT

Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Is Overturned By New York's Top Court

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era. The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against the ex-movie mogul based on allegations that weren’t part of the case.

Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape. But the New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein.

While Thursday’s ruling was a blow to #MeToo advocates, they noted it was based on legal technicalities and not an exoneration of Weinstein's behavior, saying the original trial irrevocably moved the cultural needle on attitudes about sexual assault.

Sticky Fart

4/25/2024 10:04 pm UK