Jeenah Moon/Getty Images; Jeenah Moon/Getty Images This is not about rehashing the past. This is about creating social progress for the future, onetime aspiring actress Dawn Dunning told a press conference in support of New York penal law reforms.
Onetime aspiring actress Dawn Dunning and New York actress and model Tarale Wulff, who were key prosecution witnesses that helped convict Harvey Weinstein on rape and criminal sexual assault in March 2020, came out in support of New York State penal law reforms to define the meaning of consent in sexual crime cases on Tuesday. By applying consent in general laws, we will make it clear that the same consent that protects your property protects your body, Dunning told a press conference in New York City after New York Assembly member Rebecca Seawright unveiled Bill #A6540, which would define consent in that state s general laws.
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(ALBANY, N.Y.) Two women who testified against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have thrown their support behind a new bill that seeks to define consent and clarify lawful sexual conduct in New York state.
New York Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright announced bill A6540 on Monday, which defines consent as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement obtained without the use of malice such as forcible compulsion, duress, coercion deception, fraud, concealment or artifice.
If passed, this would be the first time lawmakers formally define the meaning of consent in the state s penal law for sexual assault and all crimes.