Is Harvey Weinstein's California conviction in jeopardy after N.Y. appeals ruling?
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Shortly after a New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein's conviction on rape charges in Manhattan, a defense attorney in the disgraced movie mogul's Los Angeles case said the same should happen in California. If Weinstein's lawyer Mark Werksman has any doubts about whether the same legal strategy will work in both states, he didn't betray them in his comments after Thursday's victory for his client. “We faced the same fundamental unfairness in the Los Angeles case, where the judge let...
Los Angeles Times—Harvey Weinstein rape conviction overturned by N.Y. court; California conviction stays. In a dramatic reversal of the nation's landmark #MeToo trial, a New York appeals court on Thursday overturned the sex assault conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The state appeals court found, in a 4-3 decision, that the judge who presided over Weinstein’s 2020 trial prejudiced his case by allowing four women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to serve as witnesses even though their allegations were not a part of the case. The trial judge also made a mistake, the court...
The Guardian—What does Harvey Weinstein’s New York ruling mean for his California rape conviction?. Mogul’s lawyers say decision in New York will strengthen appeal in Los Angeles but victims confident guilty verdict will be upheldHarvey Weinstein was already expected to spend the remainder of his life in prison for crimes in New York when a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2022 and he was sentenced to an additional 16 years.But on Thursday New York’s top court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for two sex crimes and found he should receive a new trial, and...
Pedestrian TV—What Is The Molineux Rule? Harvey Weinstein’s Shock Conviction Overturn, Explained. Harvey Weinstein‘s 2020 rape conviction was overturned by New York’s Court of Appeals overnight, in what one judge described as a “disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence”. It’s a huge blow for the #MeToo movement, which reached mainstream awareness with a series of investigations into Weinstein’s predatory behaviour. Here’s […]