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HARVEY WEINSTEIN FOUND GUILTY OF SEX CRIMES AT TRIAL. Verdict against former Hollywood mogul seen as vindication of #Me Too movement
February 24, 2020
Anna Nicolaou
FT
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty by a jury in New York of sex crimes including rape but was acquitted of the most serious charges against him, in a verdict that activists declared a victory for women’s rights.
Weinstein, 67, was escorted out of a courtroom in handcuffs on Monday after the verdict was read, and faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on March 11. The verdict is the culmination of a six-week trial that was viewed as a landmark legal test of