Former movie Mogul Harvey Wenstein was convicted as one of the top allegations in his sexual offenses on Wednesday (June 11, 2025), but was acquitted from the other, and the gamblers were still unable to reach a decision in the third charge.
The partition decision took a measure of a measurement for their allegations and prosecutors – but also to Venstein – even after throwing the landmark case into the limbo.
The partial decision came after an extraordinary day, in which the jury formson indicated that he feels fed up and Venstein urged the judge to prosecute himself, announcing: “It’s not appropriate.”
“My life is on line, and you know what? It is not appropriate,” former Hollywood Heavy-Hitter declared after making an unusual request to address the court. “It’s time, it’s time, it’s time, it is time to say that this test is over.”
Winstein’s initial punishment five years ago seemed to cement the collapse of one of the most powerful men of Hollywood at an important moment for the #MeToo movement. But that sentence was overturned last year, and the case was sent back to the same Manhattan Courthouse.
This time, the majority female jury convicted the studio owner in 2006 before being under a criminal sex act and under the production assistant, Mirium Haley.
But the gamblers acquitted Venstein on charges of another criminal sex act. It belongs to Kaja Socola, a former model, who was alleged for forcibly allegations of forced oral sex date, but was added to the case last year.
And on Thursday (June 12, 2025), the gamblers were to continue discussions in the allegation that they raped another woman, hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in 2013. Under the New York Act, First-Digry is less penalty than the Criminal Sex Act on charges of rape of a third degree.
73 -year -old Venstein, refuses to have sexual harassment or rape of someone.
The discussion of the jury was carried forward on Wednesday (June 11, 2025). The Forcerson – who had complained on Monday (June 9, 2025) that the other gamblers were pushing their minds to change their minds and talk about the information beyond the allegations – Curtis indicated to judge the Farbur that he wanted to talk.
Judge Farber later explained, “He said” I cannot return to other gamblers. ” The discussion was closed for the press and public, but Judge Farber later said that Forcerson had expressed that he did not want to change his position and was under pressure, with another gamble “I would meet you outside a day,” and was shouting and shouting in the room.
Wenstein’s lawyer Arthur Edala urged the judge to declare a misconception, saying that the Forceer had expressed concern for his safety. The prosecutor Matthew Colngello, however, said that the forces did not seem fear or apprehensive, just “stubborn”.
This episode was the latest sign of stress between gamblers. On Friday (June 6, 2025), one of them was asked to shed as they felt another member of the group was being misbehaved. Wenstein’s lawyers unsuccessfully asked for a misconception, and again after expressing their concerns on Monday (June 9, 2025).
The test once again changed a legal lens – and, to some extent the public eye – on the person whose prestigious history started in 2017, the history of cruelty towards women.
Wenstein companies produced or distributed a string of the best images Oscar winners since 1997 English patient For 2012 artistPlus score of other films with Academy Award winning performances, screenplays, music, or dress design. He was personally standing on the Oscar stage as the creator of the best picture winner of 1999 Shakespeare in love,
He also became a prominent Democratic donor.
An Italian model then told the police in 2015 that Winstein had suddenly caught her in her New York office. As a result of his allegations, no allegations were ever received – a decision that took the office of Manhattan District Attorney after two years, when, when, the new York Times And the new Yorker Detailed decades of allegations of sexual harassment and sexual harassment against Veenstein.
Those revelations made #MeToo cry a global rally for sexual misconduct awareness and accountability. Wenstein was eventually convicted and sentenced in jail in New York and California.
His sentence in California stands, although he is appealing to it. But the Supreme Court of New York gave a new test to Winstein, in which the prosecutors were testified by the allegations of Veenstein, the prosecutors blamed the former Testing Judge for their case, whose allegations led to the allegations.
Those additional accused did not testify to the revival of this spring. But it was expanded with new allegations related to a Polish psychiatrist, Ms. Socola, who said that when she was a 19 -year -old model, Veenstein forced her oral sex.
And graphic details and deep individual testimony were fresh burst of tension in a case filled with individual testimony. A shake Ms. Socola was faced with a route from her private magazine. Ms. Mann pointed out Venstein with outrage as she went to court. Ms. Haley cursed her from the witness stand.
Wensteten accused – all the shows worked in business or wanted – he said that he exploited his tinseltown effect to help the career, obtained them alone and then implicated and forced them into sexual encounters.
According to the testimony and documents, in a complexity they spent the days, the women remained in touch with Venstein, looked at them again, and accepted several times or requested invitation or favor. Ms. Mann said that she had a consent relationship with Vinstein that had started earlier and continued after allegedly raped her.
The accused said that they were trying to talk about what they had happened again, trying to suppress the attacks for their careers or trying to maintain peace with an impressive, well -connected and parsley person.
Venstein chose not to testify. His lawyers depicted his accused as Hollywood Wanabes and Hangar-on, who voluntarily tilted with him for court opportunity, then the encounters to resolve the disposal funds and #MeToo approval to resume as crimes.
The Associated Press Generally, people who say that they say that they have been sexually harassed, unless they agree to identify. Ms. Haley, Ms. Mann and Ms. Socola did so.
Published – June 12, 2025 01:00 AM IST
