Its supreme court New York on Thursday overturned his conviction Harvey Weinstein for rape in 2020ruling that the judge in the landmark trial against the backdrop of the MeToo movement, convicted the former movie mogul with “egregious” wrong decisionsincluding the decision to let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
They are asking for a new trial
“We conclude that the court erroneously admitted testimony about uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the court’s narrow 4-3 decision said. “The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial”.
His decision State Court of Appeal reopens a painful chapter in the confrontation of America with sexual misconduct by powerful figures – an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against him Weinstein. His accusers could once again be forced to relive their traumas on the witness stand, the Associated Press.
A majority of the court stated that “it is an abuse of judicial discretion to permit uncorroborated allegations of nothing more than bad conduct that tarnishes a defendant’s character but sheds no light on his credibility with respect to the criminal charges against him.”
Weinstein, 72, is serving a 23-year sentence in her prison New York later his 2006 conviction of a criminal sexual act on a television and film production assistant; and third degree rape for assaulting an aspiring actress in 2013.
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