The 6 women who testified against Weinstein: “We text each other every day.” via Variety
obtained civil attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Gloria Allred solely to squeeze money out of her client in anticipation of a “pot of gold” at the end of the trial.
Haley believes the verdict and sentencing make a strong statement about the direction society is headed. She says the jury and the judge allowed themselves to be educated in a highly complicated case of he said, she said, with very little hard evidence. “They were informed. They understand. They heard us,” she says.
“I did not prepare for what would come after my testimony — there was a lot of good that came out of it, but for me, personally, the hardest thing that I’m still dealing with is losing a friendship because of it,” Wulff says through tears. “Some people don’t want to be associated with me coming forward. I think it’s important for people to know that. It’s the last person I thought I would lose as a friend, and I never thought that would happen, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
The newfound friends have found solace in an unintended bright spot of the trial: the public’s education about sexual assault trauma. The outcome of Weinstein’s trial is atypical. The vast majority of sexual assault cases do not end up in a conviction, let alone make their way into a courtroom. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the country’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, 995 out of 1,000 perpetrators walk away free.
Though his team declined to comment on his health, prison officials confirmed to Variety that Weinstein tested positive for COVID-19 on March 22, less than two weeks after he was sentenced and transferred from Bellevue Hospital to Rikers Island and then to the Wende Correctional Facility outside Buffalo.
With Weinstein behind bars and another trial on the horizon, history books are being written and progress is being made. But there is still much work to be done.
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