Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial
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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial
Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial. Conviction is in addition to a 16-year sentence that Weinstein has yet to serve after being convicted of sex crimes in Los Angeles. Jury found him not guilty of an additional sexual assault charge, and have yet to return a verdict on a charge of rape. A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for five days in the six-week trial before unanimously voting to convict the disgraced film mogul on one of three counts. The trial was based on the testimony of three women – former television production assistant Miriam Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola. All three accused Weinstein of using his power in the entertainment industry to sexually abuse them, the trial heard.
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The conviction is in addition to a 16-year sentence that Weinstein has yet to serve after being convicted of sex crimes in Los Angeles.
The jury found him not guilty of an additional sexual assault charge, and have yet to return a verdict on a charge of rape.
A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for five days in the six-week trial before unanimously voting to convict the disgraced film mogul on one of three counts.
Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in New York, after a sex crimes conviction in the state was overturned last year.
The trial was based on the testimony of three women – former television production assistant Miriam Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola. All three accused Weinstein of using his power in the entertainment industry to sexually abuse them.
On Wednesday, the jury found Weinstein guilty of assaulting Ms Haley, but found him not guilty of assaulting Ms Sokola. They have yet to return a verdict on a rape charge involving Ms Mann, and plan to resume deliberations on Thursday.
An appeals court overturned Weinstein’s previous conviction for sex crimes in New York last April, finding the 73-year-old did not receive a fair trial in 2020 because a judge allowed testimony from women who made allegations against him beyond the charges at hand.
Weinstein was then indicted on new sexual assault charges in the state in September.
In a statement, Weinstein’s spokesperson said the trial was “fair until we got to the jury deliberations”.
“More than one juror had complained that other jurors had preconceived notions and are using their beliefs of Harvey’s life as evidence of guilt,” the spokesperson said. “We believe there are serious appellate issues and they will be explored.”
Jury deliberations have been plagued with tensions over the past week. On Monday, the foreperson accused some jurors of “attacking” other people and trying to change their minds. He said jurors were considering Weinstein’s past and other allegations outside the realm of the case in making decisions.
The judge said he would give the jury an instruction about only considering the allegations in the case.
Weinstein – who has cancer and diabetes – stayed at Bellevue Hospital rather than Riker’s Island jail during the course of the trial. He sat in a wheelchair for the proceedings.
The retrial in New York centred on two women who brought allegations against Weinstein for his 2020 trial, Ms Mann and Ms Haley.
It also included new allegations from Ms Sokola, a Polish former model and actress, who accused Weinstein of sexually assaulting her when she was 19. The jury on Wednesday found him not guilty in that assault.
Reacting to the verdict, Ms Sokola said she was “relieved that Harvey Weinstein will be held accountable for some of his crimes”.
“Coming forward was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I owed it to myself, and to the other women who survived him, to make sure that the world knows what kind of man Harvey Weinstein is.
“Speaking out was an act of power and it allowed me to reclaim the pride and confidence he tried to take from me,” she added in a statement.
The three women testified for days about the sexual abuse they alleged they endured at the hands of Weinstein.
All three said they met Weinstein when they were young and looking for work opportunities in the entertainment industry. He then forced himself on them during private meetings at hotels and his homes, the women alleged.
Harvey Weinstein found guilty on one charge in New York sex crimes retrial
Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of forcibly subjecting Miriam Haley to a criminal sex act in 2006. The former Hollywood mogul, 73, had been accused by prosecutors of raping an actress and assaulting two other women as well. He was acquitted of a second charge of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokola. The allegation stems from an incident said to have occurred in a Manhattan hotel between 29 April and 6 May 2006.
Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of a historic sex crime.
The disgraced producer – who is currently in jail after being found guilty of other sex crimes – was on Wednesday (11.06.25) found by a New York jury to be guilty of forcibly subjecting Miriam Haley to a criminal sex act in 2006.
Judge Farber said: “Juror One has made it very clear that he is not going to change his position.
“He indicated that at least one other juror made comments to the juror that ‘I’ll meet you outside one day,’ and there’s yelling and screaming.”
The former Hollywood mogul, 73, had been accused by prosecutors in the case of raping an aspiring actress and assaulting two other women as well, but was acquitted of a second charge of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokola.
Further jury deliberations are set to take place tomorrow.
In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Juda Engelmayer, a spokesperson for Weinstein, said: “This trial was fair until we got to the jury deliberations. More than one juror had complained that other jurors had preconceived notions and are using their beliefs of Harvey’s life as evidence of guilt. The Foreman said he was threatened by other jurors.””We believe there are serious appellate issues and they will be explored.”
Earlier this year, a judge allowed Weinstein to be moved from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital for the time being during his ongoing criminal retrial, as his legal team previously cited serious medical conditions.
In a separate development, Weinstein was indicted in September on an additional charge of sexual assault.
The allegation stems from an incident said to have occurred in a Manhattan hotel between 29 April and 6 May 2006. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7z3gezdjro