Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

you guys did and I still did and why did I

guilty on two counts: first degree sexual assault and third degree rape

YES!!!!
I was nervous about the verdict. GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/-qJrhGnp3rCT9A-7VncF3jO0JWAbYRXyV4uk6XNS-xytZzEq53KydTDyWoSzPf9zEPZ4p2Zc25URijBwy88pahYQ0434YBB9DfNR1gTNXxAZEs8myQA

stoked for his entirely non-suspicious cell suicide in 3 weeks

Two not guilties and an acquittal though :(

whatever
he got some guilties

He is guilty!!!

Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree involving one woman and rape in the third degree involving another woman.

A New York jury acquitted the disgraced movie mogul on the more serious charges of predatory sexual assault involving the two women, Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann.

In doing so, jurors indicated that they did not find beyond a reasonable doubt that Weinstein had also raped Annabella Sciorra, another victim whose testimony prosecutors used in an attempt to establish Weinstein’s predatory behavior.

(from CNN). Two 'guilties' but still hardly anything to cheer about, if he gets away with the above. As long as he'll be locked away, I guess.

Very harsh on Sciorra, I mean.

Listen I will cheer for what I want to cheer for -- he was found guilty!
He escaped being labeled as a predator and that sucks but I was concerned that he would escape without any convictions and that is not the case.

Weinstein is now a convicted rapist. I'd count that as a win. And "criminal sex act in the first degree" is a class B felony in New York, which is a sentence of 5-25 years.

can he ditch the walker now?

Not at all berating anyone for cheering that he was found guilty. I'm glad he's found guilty too and will be behind barrs. But it sucks that he escaped 10-to-life, especially for the women involved.

xp lol

Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.
Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.
Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.
Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.
Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.
Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.

It sucks he had to rape so many women before he was found guilty as a rapist -- but Weinstein is now a convicted rapist.

Will this open the floodgates for more trials, or does it not work that way in the US?

very good news

I'm glad he's found guilty too and will be behind barrs. But it sucks that he escaped 10-to-life, especially for the women involved.

yes, this was my disappointment too - happy he has two convictions, very sorry that his bullshit and sociopathic lack of remorse and millions on lawyers and stupid walker optics managed to deflect so much. especially in the face of the bravery of the women who testified, for how much this validates the decades of fear from dozens or hundreds of women who have still never spoken out

any conviction is good. he could've walked on all these charges, it isn't unheard of

I was bracing myself for the worst so this is definitely good news.

does he still have other trials forthcoming?

My entire lifetime as a woman has been disappointment after disappointment about rapists not being held accountable -- cascades of endless disppointment -- a little relief from THAT disappointment, a real conviction for a BIG RAPIST, is really worth a lot to me personally.

this is good news tho

it could be worse i mean remember when they finally nailed OJ for the abhorrent crime of...briefly preventing a couple of men from leaving a hotel room?

Weinstein will next stand trial in L.A., where he is charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual battery. https://t.co/9U7HKwRaRV

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 24, 2020

xp with guns

I have not seen anyone argue that OJ's crimes were systemic rather than personal.

great news, hope he dies in prison

yeah true but i guess i thought the sentence seemed "harsh" for that crime considering he was a "first time" offender who wasn't actually holding a gun (not harsh if considered a delayed bit of indirect justice).

oh great re LA trial!

can he ditch the walker now?

― StanM, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:02 AM

lol

― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:02 AM

he literally walked out of court and left it there

Of course he did! I hope he gets rabies.

In the future, when people think back on Harvey Weinstein, I hope the first image that pops into their heads is that coward shuffling into court w his fake walker

— Liz Phair (@PhizLair) February 24, 2020

it is worth factoring in that Weinstein had basically unlimited money for his defense and he still was found guilty on two charges, including a felony. one hopes the judge takes into account the sheer number of serious, but unadjudicated, accusations when deciding whether to sentence toward the more lenient or the harsher end of the possible sentences.

xp: There are other trials forthcoming. Weinstein will die in prison.

Timothy Hutton accused of raping 14-year-old girl

at this point I'm mostly just depressed about all the people who are not even remotely as famous as whoever Timothy Hutton is who have raped teenagers and will never be held to account for it.

Harvey Weinstein Said Jennifer Aniston ‘Should Be Killed,’ Unsealed Court Documents Reveal

(in an email to his just-hired crisis management expert, who was handing press about his harassment and assault history, when the National Enquirer made a fishing enquiry pretending that Jennifer Aniston was accusing him of sexual assault)

What's your point https://t.co/x8yePBBN2W

— turnbullet (@turnbullet666) March 10, 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/harvey-weinstein-sentencing-rape-conviction

23 years! Should have been more.

Breaking News: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, a stunning downfall for a Hollywood mogul whose abuse of women ignited #MeToo https://t.co/HXi0EyQiMi

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 11, 2020

Boom

Die in prison

eat shit bitcj

Brothers, eh?

The documents also contain a note from Weinstein’s brother Bob, former co-chairman of the Weinstein Company. He wrote: “U deserve a lifetime achievement award for the sheer savagery and immorality and inhumanness, for the acts u have perpetrated. Oh I forgot. They were all consensual. Then what are u in rehab for? Sex addiction. Don’t think so. You wouldn’t have harassment, assault and rape charges u have now received, from 82 women for active consensual sex.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/11/jennifer-aniston-should-be-killed-weinsteins-rage-laid-bare-in-unsealed-court-documents

Yes, Bob Weinstein who knew nothing about any of it whatsoever

The 1% only get nailed 1% of the time, but at least it was a solid pick this time.

His spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, told Page Six that he was miserable but trying to be optimistic, even though he suffered a fall earlier this week.
“He has had a lot of time to think about his life and be humbled, but he thinks it’s going to be a long, uphill battle from here.”

Die in prison you evil shiteheel

Should have been more.

Think he has at least one other trial in the pipeline?

He does have other trials pending, in California, no?

Yes, Bob Weinstein who knew nothing about any of it whatsoever

It seems that Bob knew about Harvey being aggressively casting-couch-y decades ago and had upbraided him (& received promises that Harvey had reformed, especially in his last marriage) but had long disassociated himself as much as possible from Harvey personally (due to H being an asshole in general) and professionally, so that Bob could run Dimension, under both Disney and TWC, without his filmmakers having to fear the abuse and interference that Harvey was famous for.

So yeah, he probably knew a bit, and some / lots of what he didn’t know was probably wilful ignorance, but general accounts of working with Dimension in the last 22 years of its existence have indicated that he and Harvey were no longer close at work or outside.

"I really feel remorse for this situation," the former Hollywood producer said, his voice barely audible, as he addressed the court before the sentence was handed down. "I feel it deeply in my heart. I will spend my time really caring and really trying to be a better person."

"I'm not going to say these aren't great people, I had wonderful times with these people, you know," Weinstein said of his accusers. "It is just I'm totally confused and I think men are confused about all of these issues."