US EditionNew York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial
- New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, citing prejudiced rulings by the judge, resulting in a new trial. His accusers may have to testify again.
- The ruling reopens the #MeToo era chapter on sexual misconduct, starting in 2017 with allegations against Weinstein.
- Weinstein will stay in prison due to a separate 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles.
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Weinstein sent to hospital prison ward after N.Y. rape conviction overturned
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was taken to a prison ward inside Bellevue Hospital in New York on Saturday for testing, days after an appeals court in the city overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
Judge Harvey Weinstein was quoted as saying that a former moviegoer who had returned to New York after being convicted of a hate crime that unfolded his conviction of rape in 2020, was relocated to a hospital because of more medical examinations.
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein hospitalised after court overturns one of his convictions
Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized on Saturday upon his return to New York after the city’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges.
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction and orders a new trial
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of “prior bad acts” witnesses should not have been allowed because it “was unnecessary to establish defendant’s intent and served only to establish defend…
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