NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced in New York City on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act as he maintained he simply had consensual "extramarital affairs" with the victims.
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In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s trial reaching its conclusion with a Manhattan jury finding him guilty on two of five charges relating to sexual assaults, people who have been following the trial took to Twitter to share their thoughts on how the disgraced movie mogul’s first legal battle shook …
NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced in New York City on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act as he maintained he simply had consensual "extramarital affairs" with the victims.
NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced in New York City on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act as he maintained he simply had consensual "extramarital affairs" with the victims. Weinstein was convicted on two counts last month: criminal sex act for the 2006 assault of a production assistant and rape in the third degree for the 2013 attack on another woman.
Harvey Weinstein found himself landing in a soup when about 80 women hurled allegations of sexual molestation against him. It gave rise to the #MeToo Movement in Hollywood with cases against many influential and powerful men coming up. In 2017, Harvey was made to step down from his company. In February 2020, he was found guilty of two out of the five felonies. The movie mogul is now a convicted rapist, sentenced 25 years of imprisonment.
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Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday of two of the five charges relating to sexual assaults after a five-day jury deliberation in Manhattan, New York City.
Caitlin Dulany, who previously accused Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her, says the news of the disgraced movie mogul’s guilty verdict was a long time coming.
Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday of two of the five charges relating to sexual assaults after a five-day jury deliberation in Manhattan, New York City. Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of committing a criminal sex act for assaulting a production assistant in his apartment in 2006 and was also found guilty of the third-degree rape of another woman in 2013.
Celebrities far and wide are taking to social media to comment on the guilty verdict handed down in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City trial on Monday.
Jury deliberations began last week in the rape trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who faces life in prison if he's convicted of the most serious charges against him.
Celebrities far and wide are taking to social media to comment on the guilty verdict handed down in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City trial on Monday. After a pair of bombshell exposes rocked Hollywood and helped spark the #MeToo movement by revealing the depths of the now-disgraced movie mogul’s alleged behavior, he was finally held accountable in a court of law.
In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s trial reaching its conclusion with a Manhattan jury finding him guilty on two of five charges relating to sexual assaults, people who have been following the trial took to Twitter to share their thoughts on how the disgraced movie mogul’s first legal battle shook out. Weinstein sparked immense public attention in 2017 when a pair of exposes revealed an alleged pattern of sexual assault and predatory behavior.
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted by a jury of two felony sex crimes -- criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree -- on Monday (Feb. 24) in a verdict that brought closure to the most prominent #MeToo case against a powerful figure in entertainment.
Harvey Weinstein’s long-awaited verdict has been delivered, and the disgraced producer has been found guilty of two of five charges leveraged against him in his New York trial: criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
The jury has returned a verdict at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan