Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been discovered responsible of committing a prison sexual act in a retrial in New York.
The 73-year-old was discovered not responsible of one other rely of committing a prison sexual act regarding a second girl.
The jury has to date not recorded a verdict in relation to an allegation of rape towards a 3rd girl.
Weinstein pleaded not responsible to all three expenses and has denied assaulting anybody or having non-consensual intercourse.
The case was being retried after an appeals court docket overturned his 2020 conviction final 12 months.
He was accused of raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013 and forcing oral intercourse on two different girls.
Two of the fees have been these he confronted through the authentic trial, whereas the third – one of many expenses of forcing oral intercourse – was added final 12 months.
Practically eight years in the past, a collection of sexual misconduct allegations towards the Oscar-winning film producer propelled the #MeToo motion.
A few of these accusations later generated prison expenses and convictions in New York and California.
Earlier than the retrial, Weinstein was additionally serving a 16-year jail sentence after being discovered responsible of rape in California in December 2022. He had additionally denied this cost.
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