Weinstein, once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, had been accused of rape and assaults.
A jury in New York City has found Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced, former movie mogul, guilty on a sex crimes charge in a retrial after a state appeals court last year overturned its initial 2020 conviction, which had been an inflection point for the #MeToo movement.
Jurors, in a majority-female jury, reached their verdict Wednesday on the fifth day of at times quarrelsome deliberations. He was acquitted of another charge, and jurors were as yet unable to reach a verdict on a third charge.
Weinstein, once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, was accused by prosecutors of raping an aspiring actress and assaulting two other women.
The 73-year-old had pleaded not guilty and continues to deny assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex, despite multiple women contending he did. More than 100 women, including famous actresses, have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
