Harvey Weinstein requested a new trial in an appeal filed in New York Tuesday for his 2020 rape conviction. Weinstein, 70, was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S LAWYER ACCUSED JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM OF LYING ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: ‘REGRET IS NOT RAPE’
"As the record shows, the trial court repeatedly abandoned its duty to safeguard Weinstein’s constitutional guarantees and procedural rights, leaving him powerless to defend against an unchecked prosecutor whose strategy was to swamp the jury with prejudicial bad character evidence to distract from the fallibilities in the complainants’ stories."
He wrote that Weinstein was"stripped of the presumption of innocence and subjected to a process that bore little resemblance to the fair and impartial trial demanded by the Constitution. Put bluntly, the court of public opinion became the court in this case."On Feb. 24., Weinstein was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault stemming from actress Sciorra’s allegations of a mid-1990s rape.
After his sentencing in New York, Weinstein was extradited to California in July 2021 to face sexual assault allegations made by four women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013.On Dec. 19, he was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving a woman known as Jane Doe 1.The jury could not reach a verdict on several counts, notably charges involving Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of, according to The Associated Press.
Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench dismissed two counts of forcible rape and two counts of forcible oral copulation last month.
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