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Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape at New York trial

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Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape at New York trial Film mogul found guilty of a criminal sex act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, and acquitted on three further chargesThe six women who accused Weinstein at his trial, and what they saidWeinstein verdict – liveHarvey Weinstein, the fallen titan of Hollywood whose sexual abuse of aspiring young female actors sparked the #MeToo movement, has finally been brought to justice after a New York jury found him guilty of two of the five charges he faced.The jury of seven men and five women at the New York supreme court took five days to reach their verdict. They found the defendant guilty of a criminal sex act in the first degree for forcing oral sex on the former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. ...

Weinstein taken into custody after guilty verdict in landmark #MeToo trial – live

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Weinstein taken into custody after guilty verdict in landmark #MeToo trial – live Full report: New York jury finds ex-producer guilty of rapeKey moments from Weinstein’s trialEx-producer to be sentenced on 11 March 5.50pm GMTBefore he gets to lodge any appeal, Weinstein could face further legal jeopardy. Los Angeles authorities have charged him with raping and sexually assaulting two women over a two-day period in February 2013.It remains to be seen whether those prosecutions will proceed or whether they will be allowed to wither now that he is certain to face prison time in New York. One of the two women in the LA case was a “prior bad acts” witness in New York – Lauren Young, who told the jury how Weinstein had groped her in a hotel bathroom in Beverly Hills in...

The six women who accused Harvey Weinstein at his trial, and what they said

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The six women who accused Harvey Weinstein at his trial, and what they said The women represent a small portion of the more than 100 women who have made public allegations against WeinsteinHarvey Weinstein found guilty of rape - full reportWeinstein verdict – liveSix women took the witness stand in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein to offer descriptive accounts of how the disgraced mogul assaulted them within the last 30 years.Two of the women were seen as the main witnesses of the case as their accusations represent the main charges that Weinstein faced: five counts – two of rape, one of forcible oral sex and two of predatory sexual assault. The accusations of a third woman, actor Annabella Sciorra, supported a predatory sexual assault charge. Weinstein, 67, denied all cha...

‘His reputation will never recover’: the rape trial that took down Harvey Weinstein

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‘His reputation will never recover’: the rape trial that took down Harvey Weinstein One of the most powerful men in Hollywood is unlikely to return to the top after reporting exposed decades of sexual harassment and assault allegationsHarvey Weinstein’s career in the movie business has risen and fallen as markedly as his famous temper.Long before he faced harassment and assault charges from scores of women he worked with over the years, and before he was the symbolic villain of the #MeToo movement paying top-dollar to fend off rape charges, Weinstein was busy defending himself from something much more ordinarily Hollywood: the notion he was a gigantic jerk. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus: Iran denies cover-up as six deaths reported in Italy

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Coronavirus: Iran denies cover-up as six deaths reported in Italy Tehran rejects claim death toll is more than four times higher than official figures suggestCoronavirus latest – live updatesThe Iranian government has denied trying to cover up the full extent of an outbreak of the coronavirus, as Italy reported six deaths and officials across the Middle East and Europe scrambled to limit its spread.On Monday, a lawmaker from Qom – a Shia holy city 75 miles (120 km) south of the capital, Tehran, accused Iran’s health minister of lying about the scale of the outbreak. Continue reading... Go to Source

Driver arrested in Germany after car hits carnival crowds

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Driver arrested in Germany after car hits carnival crowds Children believed to be among 10 people injured at parade in town of VolkmarsenDozens of people have been injured, some of them children, after a local man appeared to deliberately drive a car into a carnival parade procession in the central German town of Volkmarsen, police have said.The driver was arrested but police could not immediately provide details about the man’s motives, although Bild newspaper cited a spokesman, Henning Hinn, as saying they were “working on the assumption that it was a deliberate act”. Continue reading... Go to Source
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