Harvey Weinstein was remanded in New York's notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal sexual acts. MeToo
arvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault but acquitted of the most serious predatory charges, a verdict hailed as a historic victory by theThe 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal sexual acts in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
The mixed verdict offered a large measure of vindication for the dozens of women who made allegations against him. “This is the new landscape for sexual violence survivors. This is a new day,” Vance told reporters outside the New York courthouse. “For the women who testified in this case, and walked through traumatic hell, you did a public service to girls and women everywhere, thank you,” she said.Weinstein, who has always said his sexual relations were consensual, was charged with raping former actress Mann in the DoubleTree hotel in midtown Manhattan in 2013.
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