New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction

NEW YORK -- New York's highest tribunal connected Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, uncovering the justice astatine the landmark #MeToo proceedings prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a determination to fto women attest astir allegations that weren't portion of the case.

The authorities Court of Appeals ruling reopens a achy section successful America's reckoning with intersexual misconduct by almighty figures - an epoch that began successful 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein. The tribunal ordered a caller trial. His accusers could again beryllium forced to relive their traumas connected the witnesser stand.

Weinstein, 72, has been serving a 23-year condemnation successful a New York situation pursuing his condemnation connected charges of transgression enactment enactment for forcibly performing oral enactment connected a TV and movie accumulation adjunct successful 2006 and rape successful the 3rd grade for an onslaught connected an aspiring histrion successful 2013.

He volition stay imprisoned due to the fact that helium was convicted successful Los Angeles successful 2022 of different rape and sentenced to 16 years successful prison. Weinstein was acquitted successful Los Angeles connected charges involving 1 of the women who testified successful New York.

Weinstein's lawyers argued Judge James Burke's rulings successful favour of the prosecution turned the proceedings into "1-800-GET-HARVEY."

The reversal of Weinstein's condemnation is the 2nd large #MeToo setback successful the past 2 years, aft the U.S. Supreme Court refused to perceive an entreaty of a Pennsylvania tribunal determination to propulsion retired Bill Cosby's intersexual battle conviction.

Weinstein's condemnation stood for much than 4 years, heralded by activists and advocates arsenic a milestone achievement, but dissected conscionable arsenic rapidly by his lawyers and, later, the Court of Appeals erstwhile it heard arguments connected the substance successful February.