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The ju judge has given a split verdict into a retrial of sexual assault charges that spanned his career as a Hollywood producer as Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault charge but acquitted him on another sexual assault charge.
Ju’s judge has yet to decide to file a third charge, rape, against the former Miramax Studio Chief.
This verdict is the latest in many twists in Weinstein’s case since becoming the flashpoint of the global #MeToo movement almost a decade ago.
The retrial said that beginning in April, after the New York Supreme Court overturned a 2020 sexual offence conviction last year, prosecutors should not be allowed to introduce allegations of victims that were not part of the case.
At the new trial, Weinstein’s lawyers attempted to convince a New York ju judge that the sexual abuse reported by the film producer’s sexual abuse was consensual.
According to the account given to the judge, the retrial was in chaos as the judges deliberated as the judges deliberated and the judges debated and shouted with each other. The judge was told that one ju umpire had told another ju umpire.
A ju judge on Wednesday found Weinstein convicted in 2006 of sexually assaulting former production aide Miriam Haley, but was not guilty of forcing actress Kaja Sokora to oral sex that same year.
“I am very grateful to the ju referee,” Haley said in a statement. “Today’s verdict gives me hope.”
In a statement, Sokora said “I was relieved that Harvey Weinstein will be held responsible for some of his crimes,” adding, “Harvey Weinstein remains behind the bar and that’s a victory.”
Her lawyer, Lindsay Goldblum, said, “Kaja may not have received the verdict she deserves, but her truth was heard.”
The judges are to resume deliberations in 2013 on rape charges alleging Weinstein’s attack on actress Jessica Mann.
“I would never lie about rape or use something very traumatic to hurt anyone,” Mann said in a statement Thursday. “Moving forward cost me all the money. My privacy, my safety. I exposed my trauma, my shame.
Weinstein’s attorneys and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office did not respond to requests for comment.
The 73-year-old, who attended the hearing in a wheelchair, did not testify. He has cancer and other health issues, the spokesman said earlier.
Separately, Weinstein was convicted of a sex crime in California in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. His lawyers are pleading for that belief.
The 2020 conviction in New York was seen as a groundbreaking moment in the #MeToo movement. This attempted to serve as a powerful man responsible for sexual abuse and harassment. The allegations against Weinstein have sparked the calculation that a series of powerful men around the world are held liable for sexual misconduct.
