Despite the overturning of his New York trial verdict, Weinstein will remain in prison at the state’s Mohawk Correctional Facility, as he had also been convicted on three charges of rape and sexual assault in a separate Los Angeles trial in December 2022.
Harvey Weinstein‘s 2020 rape conviction in a landmark #MeToo trial was overturned Thursday by the New York State Court of Appeals.
He had been acquitted, however, of the two most serious charges against him, for predatory sexual assault.
“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” read the court’s decision.