Judge Shreds Harvey Weinstein Conviction Reversal in Scathing Dissent: 'New York's Women Deserve Better'

TheWrap— “This court has continued a disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence,” Judge Singas writes

WKBN.com—Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York’s top court. NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction with a ruling that shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era and left those who testified in the case bracing for a retrial against the ex-movie mogul. The court found the trial []

WLNS—Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York’s top court. NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction with a ruling that shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era and left those who testified in the case bracing for a retrial against the ex-movie mogul. The court found the trial []

Reading Eagle—Here’s why Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next. NEW YORK (AP) — The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch the #MeToo movement. Here’s what you need to know about […]