American justice has once again confirmed the violence against women perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein. The former Hollywood producer pleaded guilty Monday to rape and two sexual assaults at the end of his trial in Los Angeles, nearly half of the charges he was sued by four women.
After two weeks of deliberation, jurors found him guilty on all charges brought by the first of four accusers. They found him not guilty on the charges of a second woman and did not deliver a verdict on the charges brought by the other two.
Weinstein already sentenced in 2020 to 23 years in prison
The 70-year-old former ‘king’ of cinema who produced award-winning hits such as pulp Fiction or The artisthe has already been sentenced in New York in 2020 to 23 years in prison for similar acts.
During this retrial, four women who testified anonymously accused the producer in detail of forcing them to have sex in hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013. A fifth ultimately refused to testify.
After weeks of agonizing hearings, often interrupted by sobbing plaintiffs, the prosecution has painted Harvey Weinstein as an all-powerful ogre, whose stranglehold on Hollywood – the films he produced have received more than 330 Academy Award nominations and 81 statuettes – has to Long barred his victims from reporting, for fear of repercussions on their careers.
