Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty in Landmark #MeToo Moment
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has been convicted at his New York City sexual assault trial.
He was found guilty of a criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape of a woman in 2013.
The jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, that could result in a life sentence.
The landmark reckoning for the former movie producer comes after years of whispers exploded into a torrent of sexual misconduct allegations that ended his reign in Hollywood and gave rise to the #MeToo movement.
The jury’s verdict followed three weeks of testimony that included harrowing accounts of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, lewd propositions and casting-couch excuses from Weinstein.