Harvey Weinstein trial ends in guilty

[Dark Avenger]

www.9news.com.au/world/harvey-weinstein-trial-judge-threatens-movie-mogul-over-phone-use/f5d8c47c-474f-4149-b096-0809969b8d1a

The judge in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial has threatened to jail the movie producer for his repeated use of his mobile phone during court.

At the beginning of court proceedings in New York, Judge James Burke raised his voice and reprimanded Weinstein and his defence team, specifically Arthur Aidala, for Weinstein's use of his mobile phones.


"He was calling and texting a minute ago," Judge Burke said to the defense team.

www.vice.com/en_ca/article/xgqzjw/is-harvey-weinsteins-walker-real-or-a-prop-for-his-rape-trial

Harvey Weinstein showed up to court Monday morning for the first day of jury selection in his rape trial looking haggard and unsteady, hunched over a walker—something he's used nearly every time he's appeared in public over the past few months. Critics have cast doubt on the idea that he actually needs it, though he and his legal team insist he does. On the one hand, he did injure his back in a car accident in August, which led him to get surgery on his spine last month. On the other, it's hard not to entertain the thought that Weinstein's walker might be a ploy—a cheap bid to drum up sympathy for the disgraced producer ahead of his trial.

www.tmz.com/2020/01/06/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-message-trial-date-jury-selection/

As Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial in NYC gets underway ... one of his most prominent accusers, Rose McGowan, is delivering a strong message to him.



The actress was one of many Weinstein accusers who showed up Monday to the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection began in the disgraced producer's trial. Rose said she was there to see justice served.



She told reporters Weinstein had no one to blame but himself for his woes, and that she had no sympathy for him. He showed up, btw, hobbling into court with the use of a walker.

[Tim]

Looks like The Monster is trying to make us feel sorry for him.

Well, it's not gonna work.  I read Rose's book, and what he did to her.  He can rot in prison as far as I'm concerned.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Yes Harvey can go to prison and just because he's a celebrity shouldn't give him leeway to use his phone every minute on court when he's not allowed too.

[Tim]

I see that Rose McGowan was there for the trial.  Thought she'd be.  After she rejected his further advances after he raped her, The Monster* blacklisted her (that was one of the reasons she took the role as Paige).  Well, Rose can now see justice done.

*The Monster is what Rose called Weinstein in her book, as she didn't want his name in it.

[Katie]

Justice will be served. Nobody will buy his act with his walker.

[Tim]

The Monster is going down.

And that fake old man thing will not save him.

[Squad 51]

Weinstein is a lost cause, whether he wants to show us him being invalid or not.

[Tim]

I'm sure Rose is not the only woman glad to see him get his just desserts.

After having read her book, I can only imagine what she felt at the time. 

[Dark Avenger]

I caught a documentary on the Monster the other night, and I really was so horrified. I have read stories, and know all about it, but watching a full detailed account with detailed stories from all the victims, including a full backstory on the Monster's life going way back to the 80s, was really eye opening. That it has gone on for 40 years. 

Including one of his victims, who had a camera in her apartment, with footage of him. I was disgusted.

Yes, Rose was in it talking all about her account. I rolled my eyes at the Monster trying to act like a cripple walking to his hearing.

I certainly hope Rose and others can catch all the people who were helping the Monster in Hollywood and tried to make it all go away. She's right, they might take down the Monster, but that is just the start, they need to take down all the people associated with him, and silenced them.

[Squad 51]

Such things have been going on in Hollywood for years, or better decades. It's just sad that nothing has changed so far.

[Tim]

Yeah, the Monster has been doing this kind of thing for decades.

I'm just glad that the Monster, and others kind him (yes, Kernus, I'm looking at you) have finally been brought down.

[Melinda Halliwell]

I was rewatching past Oscar acceptance speeches on YouTube yesterday with some women who'd won best actress and supporting actress thanking Harvey that'd been involved in their film whether it was financially or casting them and all I could do was gag at his name knowing now what he did.

I hope he's sent down a long time then.

[Tim]

No doubt The Monster made them do the same thing he did to Rose.

At least he can't do it anymore.

[Dark Avenger]

BYE BYE MONSTER! JUSTICE IS SERVED SOME GOOD NEWS!

deadline.com/2020/02/rose-mcgowan-rosanna-arquette-and-harvey-weinstein-silence-breakers-1202867052/

Harvey Weinstein Guilty Of Rape And Criminal Sexual Assault; Sentencing Set For March 11

A group of women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault or other misconduct praised the plaintiffs, witnesses and jury in the case while expressing hope that it will be a step forward in bringing powerful figures to justice.

Weinstein was convicted on charges of rape in the third degree and criminal sexual acts in the first degree, but acquitted on charges of predatory sexual assault and first degree rape.

He faces up to 25 years in prison on the sexual assault conviction and potentially another four years for third-degree rape, and will be detained until his sentencing hearing on March 11.


“Today because of the brave women who bared their deepest hurt for the world to see, he is in Riker’s Island,” actress Rose McGowan said in a phone press conference with 17 of Weinstein’s accusers, known as the Silence Breakers. “For once, he won’t be sitting comfortably. For once, he will know what it is like to have power wrapped around his neck.”

McGowan added, “Today is not a referendum on MeToo. This is taking out the trash. But what I wanted to do was cause a massive cultural reset. We achieved that today with what happened. With today, the trashman came and he said to all of the little girls and the little boys who get hurt in this world, ‘Some day, maybe you, too, can have a voice.'”

Hollywood Figures React To Harvey Weinstein Verdict: He’ll “Forever Be Known As A Convicted Serial Predator”

She noted that they were in a “privileged position,” because only 2% of rapes get convictions.

Mira Sorvino said, “Harvey Weinstein has harmed many of our lives, even in our nightmares, long after he initially did what he did to each one of us. We have finally taken that power back. And we have exposed his evil and others like him, the true ugliness. He will rot in jail as he deserves and we will begin to have some closure.”

She added, “The survivors who are out there and are scared…know that we are here for you and there is hope and love and light and community. Together we have and will continue to make changes in the law and the culture, and this is just a drop in the wave of justice to come for predators and survivors everywhere.”

In the trial, Weinstein’s defense team produced a series of emails and text messages that his accusers sent to him after the alleged incidents of sexual assault, in an effort to claim that the conduct was consensual.

Harvey Weinstein Guilty Verdict “Historic Moment,” Time’s Up Says

[Tim]

The Monster has been sent to the dungeon, where he belongs.

Hope he dies in there.