Harvey Weinstein convicted of 3 of 7 charges in sexual assault trial (breaking)

[Gefn]

CNN
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[Breaking news update, published at 7:07 p.m. ET]

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by foreign object of one woman Monday in a sexual assault trial in which prosecutors said he used his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them.

Jurors found Weinstein not guilty of one count of sexual battery by restraint and was a hung jury on one count of sexual battery by restraint, one count of forcible oral copulation and one count of rape.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-deliberations-los-angeles-monday/index.html

[Gefn]

Breaking

[mountaineer]

JustTheNews

... During the trial, Weinstein's attorneys had attempted to argue that transactional sex was a Hollywood norm and that several of his accusers were reinventing their stories of sexual interactions with him to fit the #MeToo narrative. Weinstein's lawyers had argued that his accusers engaged in sexual activities with him seeking professional benefits due to their association with the formerly renowned producer, going so far as to deride their client's appearance in the process.

"Look at my client," attorney Mark Werksman said of Weinstein. "He's not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Do you think these beautiful women had sex with him because he's hot? No, it's because he's powerful."

Weinstein was convicted in 2020 on counts of rape and criminal sexual assault in an unrelated case. He received 23 years in prison.

[The_Reader_David]

Three out of seven.  Those sort of outcomes in high profile cases give me confidence that the jury really took their charge, the presumption of innocence and the state's burden of proof seriously. 

[catfish1957]

3 of 7?

That's all right.

Those three are enough to give him a crash course in sexual assault in Cell Block "B"