The 2020 conviction of former film producer Harvey Weinstein was thrown out on Thursday by the New York Court of Appeals, which found that he had been denied the right to a fair trial.
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CW Discussions of Sexual Assault Harvey Weinstein has been acquitted of the 2020 rape conviction by a 4-3 ruling from the New York Court of Appeals. The final decision determined the judge was allegedly prejudiced for the prosecution's case. While he will continue to serve his 16-year sentence for another rape case
In a bitterly contested 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the judge who had presided over Weinstein’s case deprived him of a fair trial in 2020 by allowing prosecutors to call witnesses who said Weinstein had assaulted them but whose accusations were not the basis for any of the charges against him.