The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch theNew York's Court of Appeals found the trial judge in the rape case prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that Weinstein wasn't charged with.
Weinstein's attorney Arthur Aidala had argued that Burke also swayed the trial by giving prosecutors permission to confront Weinstein, if he chose to testify, about his past history. “A jury was told in California that he was convicted in another state for rape ... turns out he shouldn’t have been convicted and it wasn’t a fair conviction. … It interfered with his presumption of innocence in a significant way in California,” said attorney Jennifer Bonjean, whose argumentsChernyshova described in tearful testimony how Weinstein attacked her in a hotel room during a film festival in 2013.
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