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Harvey Weinstein is still behind bars, "but overturning the conviction can have a real impact on people's lives, especially the victims," one victims rights attorney tells PEOPLE
The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York's highest court. The New York Court of Appeals, in a scathing 4-3 opinion, overturned Weinstein's conviction on sex crimes against three women, finding the trial judge "erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes." The court said that testimony "served no material non-propensity purpose" and "portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light."
“This court has continued a disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence,” Judge Madeline Singas writes The post Judge Shreds Harvey Weinstein Conviction Reversal in Scathing Dissent: ‘New York’s Women Deserve Better’ appeared first on TheWrap.
Weinstein remains in prison since he was convicted of rape in California.
New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges and ordered a new trial. In their decision, judges cited errors in the way the trial had been conducted, including admitting the testimony of women who were not part of the charges against him. "Order reversed and a new trial ordered," the judges wrote.