Disgraced film producer faces up to 18 extra years in prison after being convicted of forcibly raping woman in California
Weinstein pleaded not guilty to all charges in both of his criminal trials, and has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sex.
After nearly three years of incarceration in New York during the Covid-19 pandemic, the former film producer faced a second criminal trial in Los Angeles, the city where he was once a Hollywood kingmaker, in October 2022. He was convicted in December on three counts of rape and sexual assault against a European model and actor who testified anonymously as “Jane Doe 1”.
Because Weinstein is appealing his New York conviction, and the state’s highest court has agreed to hear the case, some of the dozens of women who have spoken out against him said his sentencing in Los Angeles was critical. The California conviction will ensure Weinstein stays in prison, even if, like Bill Cosby, his earlier high-profile conviction is overturned.
While the Los Angeles trial further cemented the Hollywood power broker’s downfall, it was also defined by aggressive defence tactics that saw Weinstein’s lawyers attack the credibility of his accusers, including labeling Ms Siebel Newsom a “bimbo”. Legal observers said the blatant misogyny of the defence was striking and seemed like a flashback to the tactics of the 1980s.
After weeks of graphic, emotional testimony from four women who accused Weinstein of raping or assaulting them in hotels around Los Angeles, as well as testimony from four additional women who testified to a similar pattern of alleged rapes and sexual assaults in other cities across the world, the Los Angeles jury remained divided on several of the criminal charges Weinstein faced.
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