Film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sexual assault and rape by a Manhattan jury on Monday, February 24, but charged with charges of sexual behavior “Predatory” which made him risk life.
The jury of seven men and five women delivered their verdict after five days of deliberations and a month of a high-profile trial, emblematic of the #MeToo movement.
As a reminder, two women formally accused Harvey Weinstein. The first is a production assistant, now in her forties, Mimi Haleyi, who says she was coerced by Mr. Weinstein at her New York home in 2006 when she was menstruating. This act resulted in the latter being prosecuted for sexual assault “First degree” (This count, which includes blowjobs, cunnilingus and anal sex, leads to twenty-five years in prison).
The second complainant is Jessica Mann, 36, who dreamed of becoming an actress at the time. According to her testimony, she was subjected to forced cunnilingus in early 2013, then two rapes, in March and November of the same year, in a New York hotel. These charges earned Mr. Weistein two charges of rape with violence (” first degree “ with five to twenty-five years in prison) and rape with a person unable to give consent (“Third degree”, up to four years in prison).
A third case, the facts of which are prescribed, served to fuel the charge of serial assault. The one from Annabella Sciorra, 59, who says she was raped by Harvey Weinstein in the early 1990s.
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