Harvey Weinstein, former film producer and the most visible head that spurred the movement
Weinstein, 70, was convicted in December of rape and two counts of sexual assault in a case involving California Governor Jennifer Siebel’s wife, along with other filmmakers. The former producer behind titles like Shakespeare in Love or My Week with Marilyn listened to the verdict, looking at the table in front of him and raising his hands to his face. He knows that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
After a nearly two-month trial, Weinstein was convicted of rape, forced fellatio and “penetration with an object.” The assault happened in February 2013 during a film festival. Weinstein showed up at the woman’s hotel room and there he abused her. In her statement, the model, who has not been identified, indicated that she felt guilty, “mainly for having opened the door.”
She later tearfully told the judge after Weinstein’s conviction that before the assault she felt “a happy, confident woman,” “excited about the future,” but that everything changed after she was raped. “There is no prison sentence long enough to reverse the damage,” she said.
Despite his dark record of sexual assault and abuse, Weinstein insisted on his innocence when appealing to Judge Lisa Lench. “I maintain that I am innocent. I have never raped or sexually assaulted Jane Doe 1,” the name used to protect the identity of the victim.
In all, 49 people testified during the nearly two-month trial. Despite the two accusations of rape and the five for sexual abuse of the accusation, the judge declared three processes null and void, including that of Siebel. The documentary filmmaker testified during the process in an emotional testimony about her meeting with Weinstein in a Los Angeles hotel, where she penetrated her and performed oral sex on him.
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