Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of three counts of rape and sexual assault this Monday in a trial in Los Angeles (California, United States). Specifically, Weinstein has been found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another count of sexual misconduct in relation to a woman, US media have reported.
The 70-year-old producer, on the other hand, has been acquitted of one of the seven charges against him and the remaining three, including the case of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, have not had a unanimous verdict by the jury, made up of eight men and four women.
In this sense, the jury has assured that it was unable to reach a verdict in Siebel's accusations of rape and sexual assault and in those of another woman, for which reason the trial on those charges has been declared a mistrial.
In 2020 Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison at a trial held in New York, and now could face up to 24 years in prison, but lawyers and the defense have not yet commented on the verdict. final.
The former Hollywood titan was on trial for seven charges based on accusations by four women who were sexually abused between 2005 and 2013, all allegedly in Los Angeles hotel rooms.
Weinstein's conviction in 2020 in New York already marked a great triumph for the movement
Weinstein is serving his incarceration at the Twin Towers prison in downtown Los Angeles, after being extradited from New York in July 2021. In total, more than 80 women have accused the former producer of sexual crimes and improper behavior.
