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Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape in a trial in Los Angeles on Monday, the second conviction for the one-time Hollywood kingmaker who became the face of #MeToo sexual abuse allegations five years ago, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Jury finds former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape
By Lisa Richwine and Tim Reid
LOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Former movie producer
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape in a trial in Los
Angeles on Monday, the second conviction for the one-time
Hollywood kingmaker who became the face of #MeToo sexual abuse
allegations five years ago, according to the Los Angeles
Superior Court.
The jury found Weinstein guilty of rape, forcible oral
copulation and sexual penetration by foreign object involving
one woman, but acquitted him of charges relating to a second
alleged victim.
The jury could not reach a verdict on two allegations,
including rape, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of
California’s Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, and did not reach
a verdict on charges relating to one other women.
(Reporting by Tim Reid; Editing by Tom Hogue and Christopher
Cushing)
