The New York Supreme Court overturns his conviction

The supreme court of new york overturned on Thursday (25/04) conviction of Harvey Weinstein the 2020 for criminal charges sexual crimes in a striking reversal of the fundamental premise of his time MeToo .

In particular, the New York Court of Appeals found that the judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein’s case had made one critical errorallowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a number of women who said Mr Weinstein had assaulted them – but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.

THE reversal of conviction of Weinstein and conducting a new trial it may look like one suddena shocking turn are reported by the New York Times. In public discourse, it is one completely dishonored form: sentenced to lengthy prison terms in two cities, determined by the public testimony of nearly 100 alleged victims, whose stories have been a cornerstone of the MeToo movement. But legally, his conviction in New York was controversial, and his appeals always had a chance of changing the outcome.

THE 72-year-old Weinsteinexpiring 23 years imprisonment in New York prison after his conviction, in 2020, for two sex crimes. In particular, he was convicted of forced oral sex with a production assistant in 2006, as well as third-degree rape of an actor in 2013.

In 2022, court at Los Angeles sentenced the former Hollywood movie mogul to 16 more years in prison as he was found guilty of yet another rape. Weinstein was acquitted in Los Angeles of the charges involving one of the women who testified in New York.

As the Guardian reports, the state appeals court decision reopens a painful chapter in America’s grappling with sexual abuse by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 with a “river” allegations against Weinstein.

According to the New York Times, Ashley Juddthe first actress to file a complaint against Weinstein stated that “this is not fair for the survivors. We still live in our truth. And we know what happened.”

THE Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala hailed the decision as “not only a victory for Mr. Weinstein, but for every criminal defendant in the state of New York, and we applaud the Court of Appeals for upholding the most basic principles that a criminal defendant should have at trial,” he said in a his statements to the New York Times.