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The woman whose grueling testimony led to Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. rape conviction told the court in tearful statement on Thursday that she had blamed herself for the assault. The woman,... identified as Jane Doe #1, spoke of the impact of the rape just before Weinstein was sentenced to an additional 16 years behind bars, on […]

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison in his Los Angeles criminal trial Thursday, adding on to the 23 years he is already serving.      

The Italian model and actress testified that Weinstein tracked her down at her hotel late at night and raped her

Attorneys say jurors got a "false impression" of the Italian actress and model known as Jane Doe 1

The most recent trial of Harvey Weinstein has been pushed back. Weinstein was brought to justice by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey... A significant change. The post Harvey... Weinstein's sentencing in rape trial delayed first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

Lawyers for the disgraced producer ask court of appeals to dismiss rape conviction and order new trial, despite second conviction Fresh off a second rape conviction, Harvey Weinstein asked New York's... highest court Tuesday to overturn his first one, arguing that the judge in his 2020 case betrayed his right to a fair trial by "succumbing to the pressure" of the #MeToo movement. Weinstein's lawyers are asking the state's court of appeals to dismiss the disgraced movie mogul's rape conviction and to order a new trial on a single count of criminal sexual act. The rape charge, they said, involves alleged conduct outside the statute of limitations and could not be retried.

After convicting former film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, a Los Angeles jury could not reach a unanimous verdict Tuesday on alleged aggravating factors that could have... increased his sentence.

Harvey Weinstein faces a shorter prison sentence in California after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on whether the disgraced mogul planned his attack on a woman he was convicted of... raping.

The jury had been weighing whether the disgraced mogul carried out the rape of Jane Doe 1 with planning, sophistication or professionalism

The former film producer was convicted of sex crimes for the second time, though the jury could not reach a decision on three counts and acquitted him on one count.

The latest verdict against Mr. Weinstein offers lessons for other sex crimes cases

Now into its second week of deliberations, the jury in the Harvey Weinstein trial has not yet reached a verdict. The jury began deliberating on Dec. 2. When jury members left the courthouse on Monday,... they were approaching nearly 30 hours of deliberations. They are due back at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The 12-person jury […]

With no questions and no requests for read-backs - only silence - it's impossible to even guess what's going on

With 44 prosecution witnesses and four charged crimes, this could take several days

Testing requirements have been loosened in Beijing, where commuters can use public transport without a virus test for the first time in months.

Weinstein faces more than 60 years behind bars in California if he's convicted of all charges.

"You have irrefutable, overwhelming evidence of the nature of this man, and what he did to these women," Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson told the jurors in closing arguments.

Harvey Weinstein’s genitalia has frequently been addressed in open court throughout his trial. But in the final hours of the case, the former movie mogul’s abnormal testicles emerged as a... key piece of evidence on which the jury will have to deliberate when they determine whether he is guilty of rape and sexual assault. During […]

"Regret is not the same thing as rape, and it's important we make that distinction in this courtroom," said Harvey Weinstein's defense attorney Alan Jackson of Jennifer Siebel Newsom today in his... closing argument in the much-accused producer's sex crime trial. Calling Weinstein’s alleged 2005 assault of Newsom in Beverly Hills' Peninsula Hotel "consensual, transactional […]

Harvey Weinstein’s defense urged a jury on Thursday to acquit the former Hollywood titan of rape and sexual assault, arguing that all four accusers were untruthful. Alan Jackson, one of... Weinstein’s attorneys, argued that two of the women were simply “making it up,” and that the other two engaged in “transactional sex” because they wanted […]

The district attorney summarized the testimony of eight accusers -- and the striking similarities of their stories

The $30 million production only grossed $2.2 million in its opening weekend.

The prosecution has rested its case in the People vs. Harvey Weinstein. The Los Angeles trial is expected to last a total of two months, heading into December. On Thursday, the jury was told they... would reconvene after Thanksgiving when the defense begins with its case on Nov. 28. Weinstein — who was already convicted […]

Prosecutors will not call Mel Gibson to testify in Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial, after all. Gibson would have been brought onto the stand to corroborate parts of a story from a Jane Doe in... the case, who said she confided in Gibson after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by Weinstein. Jane Doe #3 was Gibson’s […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife described Harvey Weinstein's penis as "distorted" and "fish-like" on the stand in Los Angeles on Monday.