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The New York state Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The court ruled that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced Weinstein with improper rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case. The court ruled that a new trial must take place.

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00:00The New York State Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction.

00:05The court ruled that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced Weinstein with improper

00:10rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.

00:15The court ruled that a new trial must take place. In February of 2020, Weinstein was found guilty

00:20of criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree. He was acquitted

00:25on three other charges and was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Weinstein's lawyer, Arthur A.

00:30Dallas said, according to the Associated Press, we all worked very hard and this is a tremendous

00:35victory for every criminal defendant in the state of New York. Meanwhile, Douglas H. Wigdor,

00:40who represented eight of Weinstein's accusers, called the decision a major step back in holding

00:45those accountable for acts of sexual violence. Weinstein also went to trial in Los Angeles,

00:50where he was convicted in December of 2022 for rape. That conviction means that Weinstein will

00:56remain in prison even if a New York trial gets established. In a statement, the group of

01:00Weinstein accusers who call themselves the silence breakers said in part, the news today is not only

01:05disheartening, but it's profoundly unjust. But this ruling does not diminish the validity of our

01:10experiences or our truth. It's merely a setback. A spokesperson for the Manhattan DA's office told

01:16the Hollywood Reporter, we will do everything in our power to retry this case and remain steadfast in

01:21our commitment to survivors of sexual assault. For more updates to the story, head to THR.com.

01:27And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching the Hollywood Reporter News.

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