{"id":2229916,"date":"2024-04-25T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvey-weinsteins-sexual-assault-conviction-overturned-by-new-york-appeals-court\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:52:32","slug":"harvey-weinsteins-sexual-assault-conviction-overturned-by-new-york-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvey-weinsteins-sexual-assault-conviction-overturned-by-new-york-appeals-court\/","title":{"rendered":"New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s sexual assault conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvey-weinsteins-sexual-assault-conviction-overturned-by-new-york-appeals-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> Court of Appeals overturned disgraced film executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvey-weinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Harvey Weinstein\">Harvey Weinstein<\/a>\u2018s 2020 conviction in the Empire State on sexual assault charges.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"court\">court<\/a> ruled 4-3 that the judge had made \u201cegregious errors\u201d with how the trial was conducted and ruled that a new trial may be held. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,\u201d the majority opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/ctapps\/Decisions\/2024\/Apr24\/24opn24-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial,\u201d the decision continued.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein was sentenced to a 23-year prison sentence for his New York conviction. He was found guilty in a separate case in California for sexual assault charges and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/114903\/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-16-more-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sentenced\">sentenced<\/a> to 16 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s 2020 sexual assault conviction due to &#8220;egregious errors&#8221; in the trial. 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