Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned
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The same judge also justified the annulment of the conviction with the previous decision to allow women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.

“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of previous, uncharged, alleged sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the ruling said.

“The solution to these egregious errors is a new trial,” it reads.

The decision by the New York State Court of Appeal reopens a painful chapter in the United States of America (USA) regarding sexual misconduct by powerful figures.

A period that began in 2017, with a chain of accusations against Weinstein. His accusers may now be forced once again to retell their stories on the witness stand.

The majority of jurors said “it is an abuse of judicial discretion to allow untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant’s character but does not shed light on his credibility regarding the criminal charges brought against” Weinstein.

Conversely, Judge Madeline Singas wrote that the Court of Appeal continued a “disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence.”

“The majority’s ruling perpetuates outdated notions of sexual violence and allows predators to escape accountability,” wrote Judge Madeline Singas.

The article is in Portuguese

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