Harvey Weinstein’s overturned conviction is a mega scare

CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault  

Disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 sex crimes conviction has been overturned, leaving survivors without justice.  

On the 25th of April, the New York Court overturned Weinstein’s convictions of sexual assault involving a production assistant in 2006, and rape in the third degree on an actor in 2013.  

As women continuously came forward with courage to testify against Weinstein’s actions, it gave way to the #MeToo movement. 

The prosecution said Weinstein forced young actors to submit to his prurient desires by dangling his ability to make or break their careers in front of them. 

The court ruled that one of the judges was mistaken for allowing women whose accusations were not part of the trial to testify.  

In 2017, a flood of women came forward with allegations against Weinstein. But their voices have once again been diminished through this overturning.  

News outlets suggest that a retrial won’t be going to court anytime soon, if ever. And if it did, it’s unlikely the woman would want to testify again.  

One of two women considered crucial to the case said she wasn't sure she would testify again.  

Weinstein remains in New York jail after being convicted of a similar case in California in 2022.