“A Great Day For America”: Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer Praises Rape Conviction Reversal; Survivors, Anita Hill & Others Condemn Appeals Court Ruling

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“It may sound like an exaggeration, but it’s not, today’s legal ruling is a great day for America because it instills in us the faith that there is a justice system,” proclaimed Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala today after New York’s Appeals Court threw out his client’s 2020 conviction and ordered a new trial. “If it’s a former president of the United States or the most storied Hollywood producer of our generation, the law applies to everyone,” Aidala added Thursday just a few feet away from the criminal court building where Donald Trump‘s hush money trial is going on right now. “It’s like this case begins brand new, like it was …six years ago when he was initially arrested and brought in” the attorney said of what happens next, saying he passed the news of the ruling onto Weinstein early this morning as the order was released.

Currently incarcerated at the medium security Mohawk Correctional Facility in upstate New York, Weinstein will likely be transported to a facility in NYC in the coming weeks to start preparing for his new trial.

No dates have been announced yet on when said trial could begin. Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala speaks out to the press after the New York’s Appeals Court threw out his client’s 2020 conviction.

Full story here: https://t.co/UI0bvuxESW pic.twitter.com/LFke6DAJX7 In what reads like a bitterly argued 4-3 ruling, the New York Court of Appeals flipped Weinstein’s felony sex crimes conviction that saw the much accused Pulp Fiction producer hit with a 23-year-sentence four years ago.