(CMR) Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was overturned by New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned, making way for a new trial.
The conviction was overturned on grounds that the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
The court ordered a new trial which mean his accusers could again be forced to relive their traumas on the witness stand.
Weinstein (72) has been serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison following his conviction on charges of criminal sex act for forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and rape in the third degree for an attack on an aspiring actress in 2013.
He will remain imprisoned because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Weinstein was acquitted in Los Angeles on charges involving one of the women who testified in New York.
Juda Engelmayer, a spokesperson for Weinstein, said they are “thrilled with the court’s decision.”
“We obviously have a long road ahead of us in California,” Engelmayer said in a statement to NBC News.
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