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What’s Next for Harvey Weinstein After His New York Rape Conviction Was Overturned?
An appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein's New York sex crimes conviction, sparking questions about where we go from here.
His Los Angeles trial lawyer, Mark Werksman, tells Rolling Stone that the New York opinion released Thursday shows Weinstein’s California conviction is vulnerable too. “The California conviction suffers from the same fatal flaw and unfairness as the New York case, which is that the jury was allowed to hear about too many uncharged and uncorroborated allegations, and consequently, Harvey was denied a fair trial,” Werksman says. “Today’s decision is a major step back in holding those accountable for acts of sexual violence,” Wigdor, who represents eight Weinstein victims, including two of the Molineux witnesses at the New York criminal trial, said in a statement Thursday.
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