The conviction of the 72-year-old former Hollywood mogul was overturned on Thursday.
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Harvey Weinstein, 72, was hospitalized on Saturday April 27 upon his return to New York after the city’s appeals court overturned his 2020 conviction for rape and sexual assault. “The New York Department of Corrections has determined that Mr. Weinstein requires immediate medical attention.”his lawyer Arthur L. Aidala told AFP. “A myriad of tests are being performed on Harvey and he is being kept under observation.”, he clarified. Police told US media that the former Hollywood mogul was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York.
The city’s appeals court ruled that the trial judge had erred in admitting testimony relating to facts other than those committed against the complainants, and ordered a new trial. “The formal rules are of capital importance, they protect you as a citizen and they must be respected”recalled on franceinfo, Thursday April 25, Martine Bouccara, lawyer at the Paris and New York bars.
This court decision sparked outrage within the #MeToo movement even though Harvey Weinstein remains incarcerated for a separate 16-year rape sentence handed down in California.
