Harvey Weinstein found guilty of criminal sexual act in New York retrial

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been recovered blameworthy of committing a transgression intersexual enactment successful a retrial successful New York.

The 73-year-old was recovered not blameworthy of different number of committing a transgression intersexual enactment relating to a 2nd woman.

The assemblage has truthful acold not recorded a verdict successful narration to an allegation of rape against a 3rd woman.

Weinstein pleaded not blameworthy to each 3 charges and has denied assaulting anyone oregon having non-consensual sex.

The lawsuit was being retried after an appeals tribunal overturned his 2020 conviction past year.

He was accused of raping aspiring histrion Jessica Mann successful a New York edifice country successful 2013 and forcing oral enactment connected 2 different women.

Two of the charges were those helium faced during the archetypal trial, portion the 3rd - 1 of the charges of forcing oral enactment - was added past year.

Jury deliberations were concisely paused connected Wednesday arsenic the foreperson requested to talk to the justice astir "a situation".

The antheral - who had connected Monday complained different jurors were pushing radical to alteration their minds, and talking astir accusation beyond the charges - was questioned successful private, astatine his request.

The occurrence was the latest motion of jurors nether strain.

On Friday, 1 asked to beryllium excused due to the fact that helium felt different juror was being treated unfairly - astatine which constituent Weinstein lawyers unsuccessfully asked for a mistrial.

Nearly 8 years ago, a bid of intersexual misconduct allegations against the Oscar-winning movie shaper propelled the #MeToo movement.

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Some of those accusations aboriginal generated transgression charges and convictions successful New York and California.

Before the retrial, Weinstein was besides serving a 16-year situation condemnation aft being recovered blameworthy of rape successful California successful December 2022. He had besides denied this charge.

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