Harvey Weinstein NYC rape conviction overturned by appeals court
NEW YORK — In a bombshell ruling Thursday morning, the New York state Court of Appeals has overturned fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan rape and sex crime conviction.
The 4-3 ruling reverses a Manhattan Supreme Court jury’s 2020 verdict that Weinstein was guilty of rape for an attack on aspiring actress Jessica Mann at the Double-Tree hotel in 2013, and criminal sex act for…