Posted on 02/24/2020 9:00:00 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Harvey Weinstein — once one of the country's most powerful Hollywood producers — has been found guilty in his New York sexual assault trial.
Weinstein was found guilty of two of the five charges against him: a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape. The 67-year-old former movie mogul has denied any wrongdoing, saying all of his sexual encounters were consensual.
The verdict brings to a close the high-profile New York trial, which drew intense media attention. Weinstein, who ultimately did not testify in the case, had been called a "sexual predator" and serial "rapist" by prosecutors.
In her opening arguments last month, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast said that evidence in Weinstein’s case would show he was “not just a titan of Hollywood but a rapist."
Defense attorneys had tried repeatedly to have a mistrial declared since the New York proceedings began in early January, and sought to undermine testimony from two women who had accused Weinstein of rape and sexual assault.
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