The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal sexual acts in the first degree and rape in the third degree.
Lead attorney Donna Rotunno promised an appeal, saying “the fight is not over” and applauded Weinstein for taking the decision “like a man.” “Abusers everywhere and the powerful forces that protect them should be on notice: There’s no going back,” it said in a statement. Gloria Allred , who represents three of Harvey Weinstein's accusers, stands beside Weinstein's lawyer Donna Rotunno before they spoke to the media outside court after Weinstein was found guilty of a criminal sexual act and third degree rape in New York City. -AFP
They were subjected to ferocious cross-examination as Weinstein’s defense team argued that his relationships were consensual and transactional. Weinstein, who has always said his sexual relations were consensual, was charged with raping former actress Mann in the DoubleTree hotel in midtown Manhattan in 2013.
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