"On Thursday, more than two months later, the court announced it has reversed the mogul’s conviction in what is a shocking move to many and a pivotal moment in the #MeToo era."
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was overturned Thursday by the New York Court of Appeals, a shocking reversal of a landmark case that helped launch the #MeToo movement.
The court ordered a retrial, ruling that the judge in Weinstein’s original trial improperly allowed testimony about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
The court, in a 4-3 ruling, ruled that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced #Weinstein with improper rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
The court — the highest court in New York state’s #judicial system — ruled that a #NewTrial must take place.
A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 felony sex crime convictions on Thursday and ordered a new trial.
The allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Weinstein helped reignite the global #MeToo movement.
Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison in a separate rape case in Los Angeles, which isn't affected by this decision.
In the appeal, Weinstein's legal team argued that he was judged on "irrelevant, prejudicial and untested allegations of prior bad acts," per the court order.
"The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial," the court said.
A Manhattan jury in 2020 found Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
In L.A., he was sentenced to 16 yearsin prison after being found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and one other count of sexual misconduct.
#NY’s highest court on Thurs overturned Harvey #Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on #felony#SexCrime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
The overturning of #HarveyWeinstein’s NY #SexCrimes conviction, & the ordering of a new trial, may feel like a sudden, shocking turn. He is a fully disgraced figure: sentenced to long #prison terms in 2 cities, defined by the public testimonies of nearly 100 alleged victims [survivors] whose stories formed the cornerstone of the #MeToo movement. But in #legal terms, his NY conviction was always controversial, & his appeals always stood a chance.
🤦🏻♀️ “NY’s highest court on Thur overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
In 4-3 decision, NY Court of Appeals found trial judge who presided over Weinstein’s case 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.”
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