Harvey Weinstein in a new trial in New York after the rape conviction was overturned

Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan district attorney's office announced Wednesday, a week after the state's highest court overturned his 2020 rape conviction. According to Reuters, Weinstein appeared in court before Judge Curtis Farber, more than four years after his sentencing was hailed as a landmark for the #MeToo movement, in which women accused hundreds of men in entertainment, media, politics and other fields of sexual misconduct. abuse. Weinstein, 72, was serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison. He was then taken to Bellevue Hospital after last week's development, according to his spokeswoman. A Manhattan jury convicted Weinstein in February 2020 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raping actress Jessica Mann in 2013. She is among more than 80 women who […]
Source: News Beast

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