Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was under intense scrutiny today before an all-female bench of appeals court judges in New York.
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterA new documentary will chronicle the wrongful rape conviction of Anthony Broadwater.From Red Badge Films and Red Hawk Films, “Unlucky” will follow the story about a Syracuse man who spent more than 16 years in prison, and another 20 being labeled as a registered sex offender, before being exonerated of the 1981 rape of best-selling author Alice Sebold.Sebold wrote about the rape in her 1999 novel “Lucky,” based on her sexual assault as a freshman at Syracuse
.Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was under intense scrutiny today before an all-female bench of appeals court judges in New York.
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The publishers for Alice Sebold’s memoir, "Lucky," have pulled the title from shelves after a man was exonerated last week of the 1981 rape that was the basis for her book, Fox News has confirmed. "Following the recent exoneration of Anthony Broadwater, and in consultation with the author, Scribner and Simon & Schuster will cease distribution of all formats of Alice Sebold’s 1999 memoir ‘Lucky’ while Sebold and Scribner together consider how the work might be revised," a spokesperson for Simon
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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorAlice Sebold, the author of bestselling book “The Lovely Bones” and memoir “Lucky,” has apologized to Anthony Broadwater, the man she misidentified as her rapist 40 years ago.In a Medium post, she wrote, “First, I want to say that I am truly sorry to Anthony Broadwater and I deeply regret what you have been through.
NEW YORK -- Author Alice Sebold apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky" and said she was struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man to jail.”Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University. He served 16 years in prison.
Alice Sebold is apologizing.
Netflix will not be moving forward with its adaptation of Alice Sebold’s book Lucky, it has been reported.The book, which centred on Sebold’s rape as an 18-year-old and the consequent trauma that it cast over her life, was being made into a film for the streaming giant.
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