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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial

Former movie mogul 2 years into a 23-year sentence for an earlier rape conviction
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FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 defense team has rested its case and closing arguments will soon begin at the Los Angeles trial of the former movie magnate. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)

After a month-long trial and nine days of deliberations, Los Angeles jurors on Monday found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of just one of the four accusers he was charged with abusing.

But the three guilty counts involving an Italian actor and model known at the trial as Jane Doe 1 still struck a major blow against the disgraced movie mogul, and provided another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.

Weinstein, 70, who is two years into a 23-year sentence for a rape and sexual assault conviction in New York that is under appeal, could get up to 24 years in prison in California when heB次元官网网址檚 sentenced.

He was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving the woman who said door during a Los Angeles film festival in 2013.

B次元官网网址淗arvey Weinstein forever destroyed a part of me that night in 2013 and I will never get that back. The criminal trial was brutal and WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand, but I knew I had to see this through to the end, and I did,B次元官网网址 the woman said in a statement after the verdict. B次元官网网址淚 hope Weinstein never sees the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime.B次元官网网址

Weinstein was acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by a massage therapist who treated him at a hotel in 2010.

The jury was unable to reach a decision on counts involving two accusers, notably rape and sexual assault charges involving , a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin B次元官网网址om. A mistrial was declared on those counts.

Weinstein looked down at the table and appeared to put his face in his hands when the initial guilty counts were read. He looked forward as the rest of the verdict was read.

B次元官网网址淗arvey is obviously disappointed in the verdict. He knows what happened and what never did,B次元官网网址 WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said in an email, saying there was a strong basis for an appeal on the convictions. B次元官网网址淗arvey is grateful for the juryB次元官网网址檚 work on the other counts, and heB次元官网网址檚 determined to continue his legal challenges in ultimately proving his innocence.B次元官网网址

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc贸n applauded the accusers for their bravery to testify in the case, saying in a statement he was disappointed by the split verdict but hoped it brings B次元官网网址渟ome measure of justice to the victims.B次元官网网址

B次元官网网址淗arvey Weinstein will never be able to rape another woman. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars where he belongs,B次元官网网址 Siebel B次元官网网址om said in a statement. B次元官网网址淭hroughout the trial, WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 lawyers used sexism, misogyny, and bullying tactics to intimidate, demean, and ridicule us survivors. The trial was a stark reminder that we as a society have work to do.B次元官网网址

Siebel B次元官网网址omB次元官网网址檚 intense and dramatic testimony, in which she described being raped by Weinstein in a hotel room in 2005, brought the trial its most dramatic moments. But only eight of the 12 jurors agreed to find Weinstein guilty of those counts.

Jurors were deadlocked 10-2 on a sexual battery count involving Lauren Young, the only accuser who testified at both Weinstein trials. She said she was a model aspiring to be an actor and screenwriter who was meeting with Weinstein about a script in 2013 when he trapped her in a hotel bathroom, groped her and masturbated in front of her.

Lacking any forensic evidence or eyewitness accounts of years-old allegations, the case hinged heavily on the stories and credibility of the .

The womenB次元官网网址檚 stories echoed the allegations of dozens of others who have emerged since Weinstein became a #MeToo lightning rod starting with stories in the New York Times in 2017. A movie about that reporting, was released during the trial, and jurors were repeatedly warned not to see it.

It was the defense that made #MeToo an issue during the trial, however, emphasizing that none of the four women went to the authorities until after the movement made Weinstein a target.

Defense lawyers said two of the women B次元官网网址 including the one he would be found guilty of raping B次元官网网址 were entirely lying about their encounters with Weinstein. They said the other two had B次元官网网址100% consensualB次元官网网址 sexual interactions that they later reframed.

Defense attorneys said during the trial that if Siebel B次元官网网址om hadnB次元官网网址檛 reached her later prominence she would be B次元官网网址渏ust another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.B次元官网网址

B次元官网网址淩egret is not the same thing as rape,B次元官网网址 .

He urged jurors to look past the the womenB次元官网网址檚 emotional testimony and focus on the factual evidence.

B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址楤elieve us because weB次元官网网址檙e mad, believe us because we cried,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址 Jackson said jurors were being asked to do. B次元官网网址淲ell, fury does not make fact. And tears do not make truth.B次元官网网址

All the women involved in the charges went by Jane Doe in court. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly or agree to be named through their attorneys, as the women named here did.

Prosecutors called 40 other witnesses in an attempt to give context and corroboration to those stories. Four were other women who were not part of the charges but testified that Weinstein raped or sexually assaulted them. They were brought to the stand to establish a pattern of sexual predation.

Weinstein beat four other felony charges before the trial even ended when prosecutors said a woman he was charged with raping twice and sexually assaulting twice would not appear to testify. They declined to give a reason. Judge Lisa Lench dismissed those charges.

WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 latest conviction hands a victory to victims of sexual misconduct of famous men in the wake of some legal setbacks, including the last year. The rape trial of B次元官网网址淭hat B次元官网网址70s ShowB次元官网网址 actor Danny Masterson, . And actor Kevin Spacey was victorious at a sexual battery civil trial in New York last month.

WeinsteinB次元官网网址檚 New York conviction survived an initial appeal, but the case is set to be heard by the stateB次元官网网址檚 highest court next year. The California conviction, also likely to be appealed, means he will not walk free even if the East Coast conviction is thrown out.

B次元官网网址擜ndrew Dalton, The Associated Press





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