LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals courtroom on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, however ordered his trial decide to resentence him.
A 3-judge panel from the California’s 2nd District Court docket of Attraction unanimously issued the choice.
“We’re disillusioned by in the present day’s choice and respectfully disagree with the Court docket of Attraction’s conclusions relating to the equity of Mr. Weinstein’s trial,” Weinstein spokesperson Juda Engelmayer mentioned in an electronic mail. “On the similar time, the courtroom accurately acknowledged that his sentence can not stand.”
The choice got here a day after prosecutors in New York determined Weinstein wouldn’t face a fourth trial there, dropping the #MeToo-era case on Thursday after the accuser mentioned she couldn’t bear to testify once more.
In California, Weinstein, 74, was convicted in December 2022 of 1 rely of rape and two counts of sexual assault in opposition to an Italian mannequin and actor recognized through the trial as Jane Doe 1. Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in jail.
In his attraction, the previous film magnate’s attorneys argued that in his Los Angeles County trial, the testimony of the top of a movie competition was unfairly restricted by Superior Court docket Choose Lisa B. Lench, and had been searching for a brand new trial.