On Monday, a jury found film producer, Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault in his Los Angeles trial. This add to his legal woes as he keeps facing the repercussions from sexual assault allegations, which kickstarted the #MeToo movement.
Weinstein Faces Up To 24 Years In Prison
Prosecutors said Weinstein used his Hollywood influence to lure his victims into private meetings and assault them. The disgraced movie producer was eventually found guilty of three of seven charges against him – which included two counts of sexual battery by restraint, three counts of forcible rape, one count of forcible oral copulation and one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object.
Jury Finds Disgraced Movie Producer, Harvey Weinstein Guilty Of Rape In LA Trial
Weinstein pleaded not guilty to these charges. The case went on for nine days until the jury finally reached at the second criminal trial of Weinstein, 70, who has has already served 2 out of a 23-year sentence for a rape and sexual assault conviction in New York.
As the initial guilty counts were read, the former movie mogul looked down at the table and seeming placed his face in his palm. As the rest of the verdict was read, he looked forward. Prosecutors and defense attorneys made no immediate comment on the verdict.
Former move producer, Weinstein now faces up to 24 years in prison. “Harvey Weinstein will never be able to rape another woman. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars where he belongs,” wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, Siebel Newsom said in a statement. “Throughout the trial, Weinstein’s lawyers used sexism, misogyny, and bullying tactics to intimidate, demean, and ridicule us survivors.
The trial was a stark reminder that we as a society have work to do.” After his verdict was announced, one of his accusers, Jane Doe said in a statement: “Harvey Weinstein forever destroyed a part of me that night in 2013 and I will never get that back.
The criminal trial was brutal and Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand, but I knew I had to see this through to the end, and I did.” “I hope Weinstein never sees the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime,” she said.
