Harvey Weinstein Guilty On Two Of Five Counts

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 22: Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan court house for the first day of opening statements at his trial on January 22, 2020 in New York City. Weinstein, a movie producer whose alleged sexual misconduct helped spark the #MeToo movement, pleaded not-guilty on five counts of rape and sexual assault against two unnamed women and faces a possible life sentence in prison. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A split verdict for Harvey Weinstein. The former movie mogul has been found guilty on two charges, but he was cleared of the three most serious charges. NBC writes:

The jury in New York convicted Weinstein, 67, of third-degree rape against former aspiring actress Jessica Mann, as well as a count of criminal sexual act in the first-degree against former production assistant Mimi Haley. But the jury found him not guilty on the two most serious counts, predatory sexual assault, as well as a count of first-degree rape against Mann.

This came after jurors declared that they were deadlocked on Friday. The judge asked them to try again. They resumed deliberations Monday morning and this verdict was announced just a few hours later announced.

Today’s outcome in Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial is the result of the decisions of multiple women to come forward to journalists and to prosecutors at great personal cost and risk. Please keep those women in your thoughts today.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 24, 2020

After the verdict was read Weinstein was handcuffed and taken into custody. Sentencing is set for March 11.

2. And a reminder that Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on four counts of felony sexual assault in Los Angeles.

He faces those charges next https://t.co/ezDrXulNam
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) February 24, 2020