{"id":2230395,"date":"2024-04-25T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrified-oscar-winner-and-other-hollywood-stars-react-to-overturned-weinstein-rape-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:18:53","slug":"horrified-oscar-winner-and-other-hollywood-stars-react-to-overturned-weinstein-rape-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrified-oscar-winner-and-other-hollywood-stars-react-to-overturned-weinstein-rape-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking: Celebrities Respond to Weinstein Verdict Reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fhorrified-oscar-winner-and-other-hollywood-stars-react-to-overturned-weinstein-rape-verdict%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=2230395&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>Oscar winner Mira\u200c Sorvino and Hollywood \u2063stars reacted to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s 2020 rape \u200bverdict\u2063 by \u200dthe New York Court of Appeals. Sorvino expressed\u200c shock and disappointment at the\u200b court&#8217;s decision, citing concerns about allowing unrelated accusations \u200bto influence \u200cthe \u2064outcome. She highlighted the\u2062 need for justice in \u2063cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-13-sex-offender-arrested-in-texas\/\" title=\"Texas police apprehend MS-13 member involved in sexual offenses.\">sexual \u200dviolence<\/a>, emphasizing the importance of victim advocacy.  <\/p>\n<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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and other Hollywood stars reacted to a decision by the New York Court of Appeals to overturn <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-appeals-court-tosses-harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvey Weinstein<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s 2020 rape verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiraSorvino\/status\/1783518840984584428\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on Thursday, Sorvino wrote that she was \u201chorrified\u201d by the court\u2019s decision to overturn the 2020 rape conviction of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/04\/25\/nyregion\/harvey-weinstein-appeal?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur#weinsteins-accusers-express-fury-and-disappointment-over-the-courts-ruling\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weinstein<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  due to the court\u2019s failure to give the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/harvey-weinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced movie mogul<\/a> a fair trial by allowing allegations from accusers not connected to the charges against him to testify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Day after #DenimDay honoring sexual violence survivors, Harvey Weinstein\u2019s conviction overturned, due partly to \u2018Molineux witnesses\u2019 testifying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvey-weinstein-could-go-free-as-appeals-court-casts-doubt-on-his-conviction\/\" title=\"Harvey Weinstein Could Go Free, as Appeals Court Casts Doubt on His Conviction\">prior bad acts<\/a>, like lioness Annabella Sciorra,\u201d Sorvino\u2019s post read, referring to a term meaning \u201cwitnesses in a trial who are allowed to testify about criminal acts that the defendant has not been charged with committing,\u201d The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Times<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/04\/25\/nyregion\/harvey-weinstein-appeal?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur#weinsteins-accusers-express-fury-and-disappointment-over-the-courts-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSince when don\u2019t courts allow evidence of pattern of prior bad acts to be admitted?\u201d she added. \u201cHe\u2019s a prolific serial predator who raped\/harmed 200+women! Disgusted w\/justice system skew [to] predators not victims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Horrified!Day after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DenimDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DenimDay<\/a> honoring sexual violence survivors,Harvey Weinstein\u2019s conviction overturned,due partly to molyneux witnesses testifying to prior bad acts,like lioness Annabella Sciorra.Since when don\u2019t courts allow evidence of pattern of prior bad acts to be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yIoF6u76da\">pic.twitter.com\/yIoF6u76da<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiraSorvino\/status\/1783518840984584428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a second post, the actress wrote, \u201cHarvey Weinstein\u2019s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York court of appeals, retrial ordered, dissenting opinions speak volumes,\u201d and included an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-overturned-new-york-8638799?utm_source=social2&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  article with the voice of one of the dissenting judges, who <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">claimed in her dissent that \u201cfundamental misunderstandings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-department-to-curtail-trump-era-effort-to-track-teacher-sex-crimes-teacher-unions-to-continue-passing-the-trash\/\" title=\"Biden Education Department to Curtail Trump-Era Effort to Track Teacher Sex Crimes; Teacher Unions to Continue \u2018Passing the Trash\u2019\">sexual violence perpetrated<\/a> by men known to, and with significant power over, the women they victimize are on full display in the majority\u2019s opinion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBy whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said\/she-said narrative, by ignoring evidence of defendant\u2019s manipulation and premeditation, which clouded issues of intent, and by failing to recognize that the jury was entitled to consider defendant\u2019s previous assaults, this Court has continued a disturbing trend of overturning juries\u2019 guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the appeals court announcement, the Silence Breakers, a group of Harvey Weinstein survivors, released a statement about the \u201cunjust\u201d decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe news today is not only disheartening, but it\u2019s profoundly unjust,\u201d the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/harvey-weinstein-accusers-react-conviction-overturned-1235981941\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statemen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t read. \u201cBut this ruling does not diminish the validity of our experiences or our truth; it\u2019s merely a setback. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The man found guilty continues to serve time in a California prison. When survivors everywhere broke their silence in 2017, the world changed. We continue to stand strong and advocate for that change\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actress Ashley Judd, who was the first to make allegations against Weinstein in 2017, called the news \u201cunfair to survivors,\u201d the Times noted. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe still live in our truth,\u201d Judd said. \u201cAnd we know what happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s \u201ca terrible reminder that victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">sexual assault<\/a> just don\u2019t get justice,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/10\/us\/gwyneth-paltrow-angelina-jolie-harvey-weinstein.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Katherine Kendall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an actress who made allegations against Weinstein, said. \u201cI\u2019m completely let down by the justice system right now. I\u2019m sort of flabbergasted. But the important thing is that we do not stop speaking out. Our culture needs to keep supporting silence breakers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actress Amber Tamblyn, who also spoke out during the #MeToo movement, called the decision \u201ca loss to the entire community of women who put their lives and careers on the line to speak out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Hollywood stars responded to the New York Court of Appeals overturning Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s 2020 rape verdict. Sorvino expressed being &#8220;horrified&#8221; in a Thursday post, denouncing the decision to revoke Weinstein&#8217;s conviction due to technicalities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2230396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1373215235.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1373215235.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}