A judge Monday set sentencing for Feb. 23 for former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted in December of sexually assaulting a woman in the Los Angeles area.
Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench agreed to allow the defense additional time to file a motion for a new trial for Weinstein, who was convicted Dec. 19 of one count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by a foreign object. All three of those counts related to a woman identified as Jane Doe #1, with the crimes occurring on or about Feb. 18, 2013.
The eight-man, four-woman jury that heard the case against Weinstein deliberated for 41 hours over about a 10-day period. The panel was subsequently asked to determine whether there were aggravating factors that would have lengthened his maximum potential prison sentence from 18 years to 24 years, but announced that they could not reach a unanimous verdict following nearly a day of deliberations on that topic.
"Did one person come in here and say, `I said no to Harvey Weinstein and he screwed my career?' Was there one? ... Not one person said that because it's a fable ... It just isn't true," Jackson said. "Jane Doe 4 cannot square in her mind that she's a successful, well- educated, well-bred, refined woman who had consensual sex with Harvey Weinstein in exchange for opportunity and access," he said of the governor's wife."Regret is far from rape. You don't get to rewrite your own history no matter who you're married to."
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