A jury in a Los Angeles court, Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of committing a crime of rape and two other sexual assault crimes, according to what was published by the “Archyde.com” agency, and on the other hand, the jurors acquitted Weinstein Of the charges leveled once morest him by the second plaintiff, while they did not reach a verdict regarding the accusations leveled once morest the accused by the remaining two plaintiffs..
The 70-year-old producer of “Pulp Fiction” and “The Artist”, who was dubbed the “King of Cinema”, is serving a 23-year prison sentence issued once morest him in New York in 2020 on similar sexual charges..
Harvey Weinstein
Details of Harvey Weinstein’s new trial
In his new trial, Weinstein faced accusations from four women, whose identities were kept confidential, in which they detailed how he forced them to have sexual relations with him in hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013. There was a fifth plaintiff, but she ultimately refused to testify..
After exhausting trial sessions that lasted for weeks, during which the victims often cried, prosecutors described Weinstein as a “ghoul” with great influence in Hollywood (his films were nominated for 330 Oscars and won 81 of them), stressing that this matter discouraged his victims from exposing him. They were reluctant to report it, fearing for their professional future.
In her closing argument, Attorney General Marilyn Martinez said, “There is no doubt that Harvey Weinstein was a sexual predator.” “Like all predators, he had his own way,” she added, appealing to the jury to “end his sentence of intimidation.”.
Victims of Harvey Weinstein
Producer declines to testify
The former producer refrained from giving his testimony during the trial, but he always said that the sexual relations with the women who were prosecuting him took place with their consent. Many of these cases have expired, as some of them date back to 1977, and Weinstein also faces charges in the United Kingdom of committing sexual assaults dating back to 1996.