https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-appeal

The state�s top court ruled that Mr. Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood
producer whose sexual abuse case incited the #MeToo movement, did not
receive a fair trial. A separate 16-year sentence in California was not
affected.

Here�s the latest on the reversal of Weinstein�s conviction.
New York�s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein�s 2020
conviction on felony sex crime charges, a staggering reversal in the
foundational case of the #MeToo era.

In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the trial
judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein�s case, Justice James M. Burke, had
made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series
of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them � but whose accusations
were not part of the charges against him.

Citing that decision and others it identified as errors, the appeals court
determined that Mr. Weinstein, who as a movie producer had been one of the
most powerful men in Hollywood, had not received a fair trial.

The ruling does not mean Mr. Weinstein, 72, who is being held in semi-
protective custody in an upstate New York prison, is a free man. He was
also sentenced in 2022 to 16 years in prison in California after he was
convicted of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel, and could now be
sent to California to continue his sentence on the convictions there,
according to his spokesman.

When reached by phone, Arthur Aidala, Mr. Weinstein�s lawyer, praised the
appeals court �for upholding the most basic principles that a criminal
defendant should have in a trial.�

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney�s office
said, �We will do everything in our power to retry this case and remain
steadfast in our commitment to survivors of sexual assault.�

Mr. Weinstein was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 women; in
New York, he was convicted in 2020 of assaulting two of them. Thursday�s
appeals decision underscores the legal system�s difficulty in delivering
redress to those who say they have been the victims of sex crimes.

Here�s what else to know:

The decision was disappointing for Mr. Weinstein�s accusers and supporters
of the #MeToo movement. Jane Manning, the director of the Women�s Equal
Justice project, called it �a shocking and disheartening day for survivors
of sexual assault,� and said it �shows how much more work we all have to
do to bring the ideals of the #MeToo movement forward.�

In a dissent, Judge Anthony Cannataro wrote that the additional witnesses
� known as Molineux witnesses � presented by the prosecution were vital to
show Mr. Weinstein�s pattern of manipulation and coercion. Read more about
what the three dissenting justices wrote.

Mr. Weinstein, who has diabetes, eye problems and heart issues, has used a
walker in prison and was housed in a medical unit at Mohawk Correctional
Facility east of Syracuse, N.Y., according to Juda Engelmayer, his
spokesman. �He�s been to the hospital for his eye issues,� the spokesman
said. �He has been going through bouts of difficulty.�

Mr. Weinstein is slated to appeal his California conviction on May 20,
according to his lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean. She said she expected
Thursday�s ruling to bolster his appeal in the Los Angeles case. Read more
about the case in California.

Reports of Mr. Weinstein having sexually abused women appeared in The New
York Times in the fall of 2017. Their stories ignited what would become
known as the #MeToo movement, a global repudiation of sexual misconduct by
powerful men.

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