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Weinstein Appeals New York Rape Conviction As Lawyers Allege Biased Juror Misled Judge

by Tyler Durden Monday, Apr 05, 2021 - 03:01 PM Roughly 13 months after he was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison (an effective life sentence for the 69-year-old movie mogul) after being convicted of rape, nefarious former Hollywood super-producer (and Democratic mega-donor) Harvey Weinstein and his legal team filed an appeal on Monday. In the filing, lawyers for the mogul argued that his trial was tainted by the involvement of a juror who had published a book about the predations of older men against younger women. According to the 160-page appeal, Weinstein s lawyers allege Juror Amanda Brainerd should have been removed from the jury pool due to the content of her debut novel, Age of Consent, which was published last year and tackled themes of sex and predatory older men, according to a description on the author’s website. In their appeal, Weinstein’s lawyers argued that Brainerd was not honest about the nature of the novel during jury selection and criticized New

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