Mariska Hargitay has worked as an advocate for sexual abuse survivors following her role on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' and now she's taking issue with Harvey Weinstein's overturned conviction.
Mariska Hargitay is speaking out for a cause close to her heart. The actress rose to fame by playing the role of Olivia Benson on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' a division dedicated to solving sex crimes. The show premiered in 1999, and since then Hargitay has been advocating for sexual assault victims — the most recent example of this is her scathing remarks on Harvey Weinstein. On Thursday, Hargitay attended Variety's Power of Women event.
After Weinstein's sentencing in New York in 2020, he was extradited to California in July 2021 to face sexual assault allegations made by four women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013. In December 2022, he was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving a woman known as Jane Doe 1. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in February 2023. Weinstein's legal team has vowed to appeal that conviction as well.
Weinstein also faces charges in London for two alleged offenses in 1996. Meanwhile, Hargitay has been pushing for the rights of sexual assault survivors for years, founding the Joyful Heart Foundation in 2004. According to the organization's website, their mission is to 'transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever.
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