“The appellate court got this one wrong, and I don’t think it’s going to result in Harvey Weinstein walking free,” says Attorney Lisa Banks, who represented Blasey Ford The post Weinstein Reversal May Make It Harder for Other #MeToo Convictions, but It Won’t Affect California | Analysis appeared first on TheWrap.
The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York's highest court. The New York Court of Appeals, in a scathing 4-3 opinion, overturned Weinstein's conviction on sex crimes against three women, finding the trial judge "erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes." The court said that testimony "served no material non-propensity purpose" and "portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light."