Juror in the Harvey Weinstein rape case says she hopes women who testified can 'move forward' with their lives after the landmark MeToo trial that saw the once-powerful Hollywood mogul convicted of rape and sexual assault.
But the jury found him not guilty on two counts of predatory sexual assault, which each carried a sentence of up to life in prison. For those charges, jurors had to consider the testimony of the actress Annabella Sciorra, who has accused Weinstein of raping her in the early 1990s. He was also acquitted on a count of first-degree rape of Mann.
Although Weinstein was ultimately acquitted of those charges, the juror said she hoped the"Sopranos" actress would find closure."I feel like the way things went for her, it was wrong," she said."I just feel like, hopefully with the verdict that we gave, she feels and she has some type of closure." Weinstein has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex and pleaded not guilty at the trial. His attorneys have said they would file an appeal.
The woman was one of a 12-person jury made up of seven men and five women. It delivered its verdict after deliberating for five days and indicating last week that it was
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