Jail awaits as Weinstein is convicted of sex assault, rape

NEW YORK: Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault but acquitted of the most serious predatory charges, a verdict hailed as a historic victory by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

The mixed verdict offered a large measure of vindication for the dozens of women who made allegations against him. Manhattan’s top prosecutor Cyrus Vance praised the women who testified against Weinstein as having changed “the course of history.” The predatory sexual assault charges included testimony from “The Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra, who said Weinstein raped her in her New York apartment in the winter of 1993-94.They were subjected to ferocious cross-examination as Weinstein’s defence team argued that his relationships were consensual and transactional.

The charges of predatory sexual assault, a serious sex crime committed against more than one person, were the gravest and carried a sentence of life in prison.

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