jury in Los Angeles found former movie producer Harvey Weinstein guilty on Monday of raping and sexually assaulting a woman, two years after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in New York.
Weinstein, who was first charged with rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2020, faced two counts of rape and five other counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations made by four women about events that occurred between 2005 and 2013. The charges of sexual assault include forced oral copulation, sexual battery by restraint, and sexual penetration by a foreign object.
The jury found Weinstein guilty of one count of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object, and one count of forcible rape, all related to Jane Doe 1. He faces up to 24 years in prison on top of the time he’s already serving.
Weinstein was acquitted of the charge of sexual battery by restraint brought by Jane Doe 3. The charges related to Jane Doe 2 and 4 were hung, and according to the pool report, a mistrial has been declared on the counts where the jury could not reach a verdict, such as the forcible rape charge brought against Weinstein by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the filmmaker and wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.