02-24-2020, 08:09 PM
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty today of rape charges.
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One more bad guy taken down the filthy swamp drain.
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HooRay!
One more bad guy taken down the filthy swamp drain.
Quote:Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein—once revered as one of Hollywood’s most influential power brokers—was tossed in jail Monday after a jury found him guilty of two of the five counts against him at his watershed sexual-assault trial in Manhattan.
After over five days of deliberation, jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court convicted Weinstein, 67, of first-degree criminal sex act for the assault of former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haleyi inside his SoHo apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape for the assault of former actress Jessica Mann. He was cleared of first-degree rape and the most serious charge against him, predatory sexual assault, which would have carried with it the possibility of life in prison.
“Harvey Weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he has committed,” District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told reporters. “The women who came forward courageously and at great risk made that happen. Weinstein is a vicious, serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten, rape, assault, trick, humiliate, and silence his victims.”
As the verdict was read to the packed courtroom, the toppled titan sat emotionless, staring straight ahead.
Weinstein—leaving behind the walker that’s helped him shuffle into court each day—was then handcuffed and taken into custody by two court officers after Judge James Burke ordered him remanded until his sentencing on March 11. He faces a minimum of five years and up to 25 years in prison.
It was the first time Weinstein was held without a bail package, and the judge said he would make a request for the former Miramax chief to be placed in the facility’s infirmary while he is in custody.
“The court thanks each and every one of your for your dedicated service. Thank you for your care and concentration,” Burke told jurors.
Afterward, Weinstein defense lawyer Arthur Aidala told reporters: “As sure as I’m a bald man, we will be appealing.”
“Harvey is unbelievably strong. He took it like a man,” defense attorney Donna Rotunno, who’s made controversial comments about his case, added.
The verdict comes more than two years after bombshell reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker exposed a slew of sexual-misconduct allegations against Weinstein, launching the global #MeToo movement and inspiring hundreds of women to share their own accounts of harassment and assault at the hands of powerful men in politics, media, and the entertainment industry.
More than 80 women have since come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment and rape. Several of them lauded the verdict on Monday.
“For the women who testified in this case, and walked through traumatic hell, you did a public service to girls and women everywhere, thank you,” actress Ashley Judd, who’s accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, tweeted.
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