NY Appeals Court Upholds Weinstein’s Rape Conviction

The New York Daily News reports:

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault conviction was upheld by a New York appeals court on Thursday. “We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence, and we have considered defendant’s remaining arguments and find them unavailing,” reads the Appellate Division ruling.

A jury found Weinstein guilty on Feb. 24, 2020, of raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann at the DoubleTree hotel in 2013 and sexually assaulting film assistant Miriam Haleyi at his SoHo loft in 2006. The Miramax co-founder is in a California prison in Los Angeles, awaiting trial on 11 counts of sexual battery and rape.

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