A jury of Manhattan, USA, The deliberations in a new trial for Friday resumed this Friday Sexual crimes committed by the film -producer Harvey Weinstein. It was after concluding his first day without reaching a verdict in an emblematic case of the movement #Metoo.
The panel, which was given the case on Thursday morning, requested to listen to the reading of some testimonies of Two of Weinstein’s accusersas well as see the medical records of one of those women.
The jury is composed of seven women and five men. In it, they are considered two charges of criminal sexual act and a violation of the architect Awarded with the 73 -year -old Oscar.
Deliberations resume in a new trial of Harvey Weinstein
These three criminal charges against Weinstein They are the crimes of greater degree, for which he himself declared himself innocent. The accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him promoted the #MeToo movement in 2017.
Eventually, he was convicted of sexual crimes in New York and Californiabut New York’s conviction was annulled last year. This led to a new trial with a new jury and judge. The jurors heard more than five weeks of testimonies, including extensive testimonies of three accusers.
“It’s not,” says the prosecutor at the trial against Harvey Weinstein
This Wednesday when closing their allegations, the prosecutor of the new trial said that “it is not”, to convince the jury that The complainants were “raped” by him. “He raped three women, they all said no!” Said the prosecutor Nicole Blumbergthat he reviewed a case -by -case basis to demonstrate to the jury that Weinstein had “all the power” and “all the control” about the alleged victims.
“The defendant thought he was above the law,” he added before specifying: “Tell him what he already knows: that he is guilty of the three crimes.” For the defense, on the other hand, the founder of the Miramax studies only had sexual relations with the three women, who allegedly intended to seduce him to enter the world of entertainment.
Source: Ambito
