A New York appeals court on Thursday overturned one of the convictions for rape and sexual assault, ordering a new trial for the former Hollywood star producer.
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“This is what it’s like to be a woman in America”: a New York appeals court overturned one of Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault convictions on Thursday April 25, 2024, ordering a new trial for the former Hollywood star producer, a decision that sparks outrage within the #MeToo movement. According to the court of appeal, testimony relating to facts other than those committed against the complainants had been admitted.wrongly“.
It is “an institutional betrayal“, says actress Ashley Judd, who was the very first to denounce, to the New York Times, the behavior of the ex-producer. “This is what it’s like to be a woman in America :vdrunk with men who think they have rights over our bodies”she denounced.
Also spiteful for Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement, more than 10 years before the Weinstein trial: “NOTWe are devastated for the survivors who found comfort, a form of catharsis, in this sentence. Many of us thought we were on the path to a new America… This moment makes us feel like we were wrong.“
“Fair trial”
The famous film producer’s 23-year prison sentence in 2020 in New York for rape and sexual assault was a victory for #MeToo. Sentenced in 2023 to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles for rape and sexual assault, in a separate trial, Harvey Weinstein, 72, remains in detention, despite the rebound in New York.
The person’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, on the other hand, is pleased. “Harvey Weinstein did not get a fair trial. No one is above the law… But no one is below it! You can’t ignore a century of legal precedent just because someone is unpopular“, he pleaded. Harvey Weinstein must now be transferred to California where he was convicted of rape, en waiting for the outcome of a call anda new trial, possibly, in Manhattan.
The #MeToo movement against violence against women was triggered in 2017 by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, whose influence on Hollywood was immense. He only publicly acknowledged consensual relationships.