Crime
New York court upholds Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction
Shortly after the ruling, Weistein spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said in a statement that his legal team was "disappointed, but not surprised"
June 2, 2022 1:40pm
Updated: June 3, 2022 2:40pm
Harvey Weinstein's criminal sex act and rape convictions have been upheld by a New York appellate court, with all appellate judges having concurred in the opinion.
The Thursday ruling, issued by a five-judge panel in New York’s intermediate state appeals court, rejected the former film mogul’s claims that the judge at the historic #MeToo trial prejudiced him by allowing women to testify about unrelated to his case, Fox News reported.
Shortly after the ruling, Weistein spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said in a statement that his legal team was "disappointed, but not surprised."
"We are reviewing all of our options and will seek to petition the court appeals and beyond."
Weinstein, 70, is jailed in California and is awaiting trial on charges related to the alleged assault of five women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013. He was first convicted of a criminal sex act in New York in February 2020 after forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and rape in the third degree in 2013, CNN reported.
He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault stemming from actor Annabella Sciorra’s allegations of a mid-1990s rape.
