He New York Court of Appeals this Thursday the verdict of a film producer was overturned Harvey Weinsten for errors in the 2020 trial that led to a 23-year prison sentence and marked the birth of the movement #Me too.

The decision, which is not subject to appeal, was approved by a narrow 4-3 majority of the justices and is based on the fact that the judge improperly called several women who claimed to be victims of a crime to testify as witnesses. producer when the allegations they made were not part of the facts in question.

“The cure for these enormous errors is a new trial,” said the ruling, which includes dissenting opinions from the three dissenting judges in two attached documents.

Weinstein, 72, is serving two prison terms in prison in Iroquois (New York State), one 23 years old, the other 16 years old, in both cases for crimes related to harassment, Therefore, today’s annulment would in principle not mean his release, but rather his possible transfer to California follow the second suggestion.

He The newspaper “New York Times He said he had contacted Weinstein’s lawyers, who were unable to clarify whether he had already learned of the new decision.

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That first Weinstein trial, now annulled, opened the tap on what was then a global American movement called #MeToo, consisting of public testimony from women who said they had been victims of sexual assault in the entertainment world and around the world. The social environment works as a whole.

Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has already expressed his dissatisfaction, and in a statement by his representative Emily Tuttlesaid: “We will do everything in our power to retry the case, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting victims of sexual assault.”

(EFE)