But Harvey Weinstein's conviction for sexual misconduct was overturned in NY...
https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-metoo-appeal-ed29faeec862abf0c071e8bd3574c4a3He was convicted in 2020 for 2 counts of rape and one of sexual criminal act. But a NY appeal court had overturned the conviction...
Their reasoning was that the prosecutors was using illegal tactics to get him convicted... meaning, those that file charges were still having relation with him years beyond the alleged assault. However, the DA knew that they will not get a conviction so they brought in more women to accused him to paint him as a serial sexual pred... "Once a thief always a thief" is what they're trying to convict him on. Hence, the Appeal Court threw out the conviction...
He's not scott-free... He's still serving the conviction in LA. But his defense team is moving to do the same as they did in NY.
