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Harvey Weinstein, 69, was found guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree in February 2020. He was cleared of predatory sexual assault charges. Reuters pic
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NEW YORK, April 6 Jailed filmmaker Harvey Weinstein filed a long-expected appeal on his rape and sexual assault convictions yesterday, kick-starting an attempt to have his 23-year prison sentence quashed.
Lawyers for Weinstein, found guilty last year in a landmark verdict for the #MeToo movement, said in a New York court filing that the “Pulp Fiction” producer was denied a fair trial.
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He is appealing. The former film producer Harvey Weinstein, sentenced in March 2020 to 23 years in prison for sexual assault and imprisoned since, believes that his rights of defense have not been respected.
In an appeal filed Monday with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, his lawyers argue that several women were allowed to testify at the trial about alleged assaults of Harvey Weinstein, even as the facts put forward were prescribed or insufficiently substantiated to be prosecutable, according to the defense.
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Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Monday asked a New York state appeals court to throw out his conviction for sexual assault and rape and grant a new trial, saying the trial judge made several errors that denied him an impartial jury.
Weinstein, 69, was sentenced in March 2020 by Justice James Burke of Manhattan criminal court to 23 years in prison for assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Weinstein has denied any nonconsensual sexual encounters.
His conviction was seen as a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment.
Weinstein makes seven arguments in his bid to overturn his conviction, from seating a juror that Weinstein’s lawyers accused of being grossly unqualified to an unduly harsh sentence.
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Subscriber only Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has appealed his rape and sexual assault convictions in an attempt to have his 23-year prison sentence overturned. Lawyers for Weinstein, who was last year found guilty of rape and sex crimes after a landmark verdict, claimed that the movie producer was denied a fair trial. In a New York court filing, Weinstein s legal team argued that several women who had accused Weinstein of sexual assault - and whose allegations were not included in the charges - should not have been allowed to testify. The American criminal justice system was designed to convict defendants based on their conduct - not their general character, Weinstein s lawyers wrote in their appeal.