New York’s top court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges Thursday, in a shocking decision reversal of the most high profile case of the #MeToo era.
The New York State Court of Appeals found that the trial judge who handed Weinstein’s case “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts,” allowing information to be presented that prejudiced the jury because the accusations weren’t part of the charges against him.
The Manhattan District Attorney currently trying former President Donald Trump in the hush money case will have to decide whether to retry the case. Weinstein, now 71, served about four years of his original 23-year sentence.
While he could potentially not be retried in New York, Weinstein was also convicted last year in California for the 2013 sexual assault and rape of an Italian model at a Beverly Hills hotel room, where he faces 16 years in prison.
This is a developing story, more to come…
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