Harvey Weinstein NYC rape conviction overturned by appeals court
NEW YORK — In a bombshell ruling Thursday morning, the New York state Court of Appeals has overturned fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan rape and sex crime conviction.
The 4-3 ruling reverses a Manhattan Supreme Court jury’s 2020 verdict that Weinstein is guilty of rape for an attack on aspiring actress Jessica Mann at the DoubleTree hotel in 2013, and criminal sex act for assaulting film assistant Miriam Haleyi at his SoHo loft in 2006.
Weinstein was also found guilty of rape and sexual assault by a Los Angeles court in 2022. That verdict still stands.
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