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Weinstein guilty again: trial reveals drama and discrepancies!
Harvey Weinstein was found partially guilty in the new trial in New York; the jury continues to deliberate on a charge.
Weinstein guilty again: trial reveals drama and discrepancies!
The trial against Harvey Weinstein has been reopened and the jury has found the former film producer partly guilty. This decision concerns serious sexual crimes against one woman, while he was found not guilty of a further charge of serious sexual abuse against a second woman. The jury was unable to agree on a verdict on a third count, which involved the rape of a third woman. The judge asked the jurors to deliberate further on this point. Information that there were discrepancies and disagreements within the jury also emerged, reflecting the complexity of the case, which was heard in court for more than six weeks. The jury relied on the statements of three women, two of whom had already testified in the first trial and a third key witness who was newly introduced into the trial, it was reported zvw.de.
The new trial became necessary after an appeals court in New York overturned the original 2020 guilty verdict due to significant procedural errors. A significant criticism was the admission of several witness statements that were not part of the formal accusation. Weinstein was already sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault and rape in 2020. However, New York's highest court ruled last year that a new trial was necessary. The allegations against Weinstein, following revelations by the New York Times and New Yorker magazine in 2017, led to the global MeToo movement, which sparked a massive social debate about sexual violence zeit.de out.
Charges in detail
- Miriam Haley: Weinstein soll sie 2006 zum Oralsex gezwungen haben. Die Jury befand ihn in diesem Fall für schuldig.
- Jessica Mann: In diesem Fall, bei dem Weinstein beschuldigt wird, sie 2013 vergewaltigt zu haben, konnte sich die Jury nicht einigen.
- Kaja Sokola: Ihr Vorwurf ist, dass Weinstein sie 2006 in einem Hotel in Manhattan zum Oralsex gezwungen hat. Hier wurde Weinstein für nicht schuldig befunden.
The 73-year-old Weinstein vehemently denies the allegations and describes all sexual contacts as consensual. His defense pleaded for acquittal. While he continues to protest his innocence, he has already been sentenced in 2023 to a 16-year prison sentence as a result of a separate trial in California, which he is currently serving. In the global discussion about sexualized violence, the 2020 ruling is considered groundbreaking and was described by the United Nations as an “important turning point” in the prosecution of violence against women. The overturning of the conviction shocked many supporters of the MeToo movement and once again brought into focus the issue of over 80 women feeling victimized by Weinstein and calling him a “predator.”