Weinstein guilty

[MrsBertBibby]

Guardian just had it.

Wow.

[MrsBertBibby]

Harvey Weinstein found guilty at rape trial

www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/24/harvey-weinstein-guilty-trial-charges-verdict?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

[MrsBertBibby]

I can't quite believe it!

[DannyDonut]

Fuckin’ a

[Raffles1981]

Bloody hell! I was talking to one of the lads at work about this today and I actually said there was no way he would be found guilty! This is certainly something.

[RufustheLanglovingreindeer]

Good!

[Mockersisrightasusual]

Weinstein Guilty-ish.

Not guilty of predatory sexual assault or first degree rape, but guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree.

[tobee]

Trying to work out what he was found guilty of exactly and what not guilty of.

[Airplanes]

Amazing, I genuinely thought he'd get away with it all

[tobee]

X post with Mockers.

No idea what guilty of rape in third degree is.

[tobee]

Any news of when the sentencing will be?

[tobee]

Somehow reading he was let off "predatory" sexual assault is a bit of a downer.

[lolaflores]

The way things are at the moment I was adjusting my expectations. Despite the evidence, despite his craven act as a crippled man, despite it seeming that in america money gets you off. The jury came through. Totally amazed. Which is mad really that justice in some form is served and we are stunned. Anyway. It's great news

[Canadianpancake]

Third degree rape!? Oh that's ok then, they were only a bit raped because they were either a) underage b) unable to consent do to being under the influence or c) unable to consent for some other reason

[BentBastard]

I thought it was a bench trial rather than jury, but might be wrong and confused with something else

[jadefinch]

He was acquitted of the most serious charges

[Mockersisrightasusual]

I think 3rd degree rape is polite rape without the knife or the cable ties.

Oh well, so much for the walkframe.

Budge up, Cosby: New Cell-Mate.

[Canadianpancake]

It seems to me that the charges he was convicted of we're those that apportion some all of the blame to the woman because she 'didn't say no'

[chazbl]

About time, now put him away!

[Canadianpancake]

It's only a bit wrong to rape someone when they didn't have the capacity to say no

[BatleyTownswomensGuild]

Let's hope he gets a custodial sentence. Anything less is an insult to the brave women who came forward....

[NeurotrashWarrior]

Good.

[IntermittentParps]

A little underwhelming, but at least he hasn't got away with it. That fucking walking frame. Gives me the rage.

[Mockersisrightasusual]

No sentencing today, but the judge has to decide if he's remanded into custody.

Given the stack of charges and the use of Ex-Mossad agents to harrass his accusers, his chances of bail would seem slim.

[Dervel]

I’m still not 100% sure what 3rd degree means, but all the headlines are surely a positive. He must get a custodial sentence right?

[stumbledin]

Does the US have a different definition of rape than the UK?

From a later article:

The jury of seven men and five women at the New York supreme court took five days to reach their verdict. They found the defendant guilty of a criminal sex act in the first degree for forcing oral sex on the former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.

The count carries a minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum of up to 25 years.

The jury also convicted Weinstein of rape in the third degree. This relates to him raping a woman the Guardian is not naming, as her wishes for identification are not clear, in a New York hotel in 2013.

Weinstein was acquitted of three further charges, including the two most serious counts of predatory sexual assault which carried a possible life sentence and an alternative count of rape in the first degree.

www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/24/harvey-weinstein-guilty-trial-charges-verdict