Harvey Weinstein‘s New York rape conviction simply bought overturned within the appeals court docket — and a brand new trial has been ordered … though it stays to be seen if he’ll be prosecuted once more.
The 4-3 ruling got here down Thursday … with nearly all of judges agreeing that the disgraced film producer’s constitutional rights had been violated again in 2020 when this case was first taking place. In line with them, prosecutors allowed different girls to testify who weren’t pertinent to the costs he was going through.
They in the end determined that he ended up getting placed on trial over different cases of alleged previous conduct … versus the particular crimes he’d been charged with, and because of this — the New York Court docket of Appeals says Weinstein deserves a very new jury to weigh in.
You may recall … Weinstein was convicted on 2 of the 5 fees he was up towards — together with being discovered responsible of a 1st-degree legal sexual act and Third-degree rape. The case pertained to claims made by two girls, Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann, although the prosecution known as a number of different girls to testify towards him to determine a sample.
At this level, it is unclear if the Manhattan D.A.’s Workplace goes to proceed with one other trial — they kinda have their fingers full with Donald Trump proper now.
Whereas Weinstein may be off the hook in his New York case, he is nonetheless bought one different conviction on his plate right here in California — keep in mind, he was discovered responsible on 3 of seven fees right here in Los Angeles in 2022 … together with rape, forcible oral copulation, and others.
He was sentenced to 16 years behind bars within the L.A. case, and 23 years in jail in NY. Together with his East Coast conviction now tossed, the latter sentence is technically off the desk … but it surely does not sound like he’ll be launched anytime quickly.
Weinstein is at present incarcerated in an upstate New York facility.