One Of Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Convictions Overturned Due To An Unfair Trial

One Of Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Convictions Overturned Due To An Unfair Trial, Will Be Granted Completely New Trial

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who is currently serving a 23-year sentence, just scored a major victory in the courts. One of his rape convictions has been overturned due to what a judge says was an unfair trial.

According to NBC News, the court of appeals found that the judge in his 2020 case used prejudice by allowing women who weren’t involved in the case to testify against Weinstein. Because of this, Weinstein will now be able to have another “fair” trial to determine his fate for his multiple rape charges.

“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the court’s 4-3 decision said.

 

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“The court compounded that error when it ruled that defendant, who had no criminal history, could be cross-examined about those allegations as well as numerous allegations of misconduct that portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light,” it said.

One judge says the overturning of the verdict is whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said/she-said narrative” and failing to recognize that the jury was allowed to consider Weinstein’s past assaults.

“This Court has continued a disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence,” Judge Madeline Singas wrote.

Now the women who had the courage to testify have to relive those traumatic moments her again.