Several appellate justices said Wednesday that they worried that Harvey Weinstein had been subjected to “overkill” at his criminal trial in New York last year. Weinstein, the disgraced …
Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, is appealing his conviction on charges of sexual assault and third degree rape, which resulted in a sentence of 23 years in prison.
The defense has argued that Burke should not have allowed three women — Dawn Dunning, Tarale Wulff and Lauren Young — to testify at the trial. Each of them alleged that Weinstein had sexually assaulted them after they had visited him for a business meeting. The women’s testimony — called Molineux evidence in New York — was used to show a pattern of sexual misconduct in support of the allegations for which Weinstein was on trial.
“Justice Burke reached a fair compromise,” Figueredo said. “He did not allow general brutish behavior.” “Let’s inflame the jury’s heart by telling them that he beat up his brother during a meeting,” she said. “I don’t see how there’s a balance there on that.” Gische shot back: “To say it’s indicative of how he led his life — he doesn’t get convinced because he’s a bad guy. He gets convicted for these particular crimes.”
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