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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/harvey-weinstein-found-guilty-in-landmark-metoo-moment
Feb 24, 2020 11:44 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.
The verdict followed weeks of often harrowing and excruciatingly graphic testimony from a string of accusers who told of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, lewd propositions and thats-Hollywood excuses from Weinstein about how the casting couch works.
The conviction was seen as a long-overdue reckoning for Weinstein after years of whispers about his behavior turned into a torrent of accusations in 2017 that destroyed his career and gave rise to #MeToo, the global movement to encourage women to come forward and hold powerful men accountable for their sexual misconduct.
The case against the once-feared producer was essentially built on three allegations: that he raped an aspiring actress in a New York City hotel room in 2013, that he forcibly performed oral sex on another woman, production assistant Mimi Haleyi, at his apartment in 2006, and that he raped and forcibly performed oral sex on Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra in her apartment in the mid-1990s.
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Feb 24, 2020 11:44 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.
The verdict followed weeks of often harrowing and excruciatingly graphic testimony from a string of accusers who told of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, lewd propositions and thats-Hollywood excuses from Weinstein about how the casting couch works.
The conviction was seen as a long-overdue reckoning for Weinstein after years of whispers about his behavior turned into a torrent of accusations in 2017 that destroyed his career and gave rise to #MeToo, the global movement to encourage women to come forward and hold powerful men accountable for their sexual misconduct.
The case against the once-feared producer was essentially built on three allegations: that he raped an aspiring actress in a New York City hotel room in 2013, that he forcibly performed oral sex on another woman, production assistant Mimi Haleyi, at his apartment in 2006, and that he raped and forcibly performed oral sex on Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra in her apartment in the mid-1990s.
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Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)1. They haven't announced it yet,
which would have been nice to know so we don't have to click on the link to find out that the verdict hasn't been announced yet.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)4. Their headline, not mine
Write them...
Maeve
(42,282 posts)2. Guilty on two counts
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-verdict.html?action=click&module=Alert&pgtype=Homepage
Right Now
Harvey Weinstein is guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
Harvey Weinstein is guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)5. Good. Lock him up.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)8. They convicted him on the lesser counts so
Response to Dennis Donovan (Original post)
CaliforniaPeggy This message was self-deleted by its author.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)6. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)7. Thanks for the heads-up. Will be following developments closely. n/t
ooky
(8,923 posts)9. CNN saying guilty on two counts, one of which is
5-25 years in prison.
So, looking like a minimum of 5 years in prison coming for Harvey.
cherryinpa
(301 posts)10. Disgusting pervert NT
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)11. First Cosby, now this slug.
They can't plead "Not guilty by reason of celebrity" anymore.
shanti
(21,675 posts)12. Shrek has been taken down
YES!!!