Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court
“Many sacrifices for the cause of justice” says lawyer
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Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. A New York appellate court has upheld Weinstein’s rape conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie mogul’s claims that the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced him by allowing women to testify about allegations that weren’t part of the criminal case.
June 2, 2022
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence, rejecting his claim that the judge at his landmark #MeToo trial unfairly allowed women to testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
The ruling by a five-judge panel affirmed one of the highest-profile verdicts to date.
Weinstein, 70, was convicted in New York in February 2020 of forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and raping an aspiring actress in 2013. He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault stemming from allegations of a mid-1990s rape.
Weinstein is jailed in California, where he was extradited last year and is awaiting trial on charges he assaulted five women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.
