One of the biggest #MeToo cases, involving Harvey Weinstein, is going back on trial in New York this week as backlash against women’s rights in the US unfolds across the country.
Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree back in 2020, but acquitted on three other counts, including predatory sexual assault.
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In April last year, an appeals court ruled that the judge had unfairly allowed testimony against him from other women whose allegations were not part of the charges against him.
The new case, which will essentially be a redo of the first one, will have one new crucial change, a new charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not part of the first prosecution.
Weinstein is currently serving a 16-year sentence.
Weinstein’s publicist told the Guardian last week that “It’s a social justice witch-hunt”.
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