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A Los Angeles assemblage has reached a determination successful Harvey Weinstein's 2nd rape proceedings aft days of deliberations. Read connected for much connected the movie's producer's fate.
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years successful Federal Prison
Content warning: This communicative discusses intersexual assault.
A Los Angeles assemblage has reached a verdict successful Harvey Weinstein's 2nd rape trial.
The disgraced shaper was recovered blameworthy of 1 number of forcible rape and 2 counts of intersexual assault, according to NBC News. However, helium was recovered not blameworthy connected 1 number of intersexual artillery by restraint and the assemblage was hung connected 3 different intersexual battle charges.
Weinstein, 70, was charged with 7 sex-related counts involving 4 women, including 2 counts of forcible rape, 1 further number each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, on with 1 number of intersexual penetration by a overseas entity involving different alleged unfortunate successful 2013 and 2 counts of intersexual artillery by restraint involving 2 different women successful 2010 and 2013, according to NBC Los Angeles.
He pleaded not guilty to each charges against him.
One of the 4 women were who allegedly intersexual assaulted by Weinstein included Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who is joined to California Governor Gavin Newsom. During her testimony, per the outlet, Siebel Newsom told jurors that she inactive lives with the trauma of being sexually assaulted by Weinstein successful a Beverly Hills edifice country successful 2005.
Weinstein stood trial, opening astatine the extremity of October, aft being extradited from New York.
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In February 2020, a assemblage recovered the movie shaper blameworthy connected charges of raping an aspiring histrion and of a transgression enactment enactment against a erstwhile accumulation adjunct aft aggregate women accused him of intersexual battle and misconduct.
Three years prior, The New York Times and The New Yorker reported that much than a twelve women accused Weinstein of sexually harassing, assaulting, oregon raping them, with the allegations being wide considered arsenic a catalyst for the #MeToo movement. He was sentenced to 23 years successful prison.
Amid his 2020 verdict, Weinstein has maintained helium was denied his law close to person a just proceedings with an impartial jury. The state's highest tribunal has since agreed to perceive his appeal involving that case.
He has besides denied each allegations of non-consensual enactment against him.
According to CNN, with his condemnation successful L.A., Weinstein faces 60 years to beingness successful prison, positive an further 5 years.
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