California court found Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault. After a month-long trial and nine days of deliberations, the court found Weinstein guilty. The court has now ruled in the second of four sex-accused cases against Weinstein. In this case, the accused could get up to 24 years in prison. Earlier, the New York Supreme Court had sentenced him to 23 years in prison in another sexual accusation case. In addition to this, the current sentence.
Harvey Weinstein was the most discussed name in the Me Too allegations. One of the victims alleged that he came to her hotel room during the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2013 and approached her sexually without her consent. The court found Weinstein guilty in this case.
“Harvey Weinstein ruined my life that night in 2013. I will never get it back. The criminal trial was brutal. Weistein’s attorneys prosecuted it just as brutally. But I knew how this would end. It was done.” They said after the verdict. The victim added that she hoped Weinstein would never see the outside world again.
In 2010, Weinstein was acquitted of charges that he tried to sexually assault a massage therapist at a hotel. The jury has not reached a verdict in the case involving Jennifer Seibel Newsom, the documentary filmmaker and wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Harvey Weinstein can never rape another woman again. “He will spend the rest of his life in prison,” Seibel Newsom said in a statement. Throughout the trial, Weinstein’s lawyers tried to intimidate and ridicule us survivors. “This trial was a stark reminder that we, as a society, can do something,” she added.
It was alleged that Weistein raped her in a hotel room in 2005. But only eight of the 12 jurors found Weistein guilty.
Harvey Weinstein is one of the famous producers in Hollywood. He was previously convicted for sexually assaulting a former production assistant in 2006 and raping an actress in 2013.
About eighty people, including famous actresses and models in Hollywood including Angelina Jolie and Ginath Paltrow, came out against Weinstein. But Weinstein has defended himself with the position that he did not approach the women without their consent for sexual purposes.
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