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 why Weinstein's rape conviction was thrown out and what happens next: WHY WAS THE CONVICTION TOSSED? New York's Court of Appeals found the trial judge in the rape case prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that Weinstein wasn't charged with.
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned after New York’s highest court ruled some of his accusers should not have been allowed to testify.
Accusers of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, 72, are responding to New York's highest court decision to overturn his 2020 rape conviction.
Harvey Weinstein accusers and others in Hollywood have condemned a New York appeals court's decision to reverse the disgraced producer's rape conviction.
Thursday's ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction gives the one-time film mogul a chance at a new trial and calls into question what evidence prosecutors can use in future sex crime cases. But a 4-3 majority of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, found that the trial judge should not have permitted three other women to testify that Weinstein had assaulted them as well because their allegations were not part of the criminal charges against him. Such testimony about "prior bad acts" is usually barred by New York's so-called Molineux rule, named for a landmark 1901 court case.
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Thursday's ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction gives the one-time film mogul a chance at a new trial and calls into question what evidence prosecutors can use in future sex crime cases.
(WRBL) — The last Wednesday of every April marks a day focused on bringing awareness to sexual violence. “Denim Day” began as a response to a high-profile rape case in Italy, according to the organization. An Italian Supreme Court Justice overturned a rape conviction in 1992, suggesting the victim’s jeans were “too tight” to be […]