Harvey Weinstein has launched an appeal against his Los Angeles rape conviction. Lawyers for the 72-year-old former film producer have claimed that he didn't get a fair trial in his case in California in 2022, when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault. Weinstein was handed a 16-year jail sentence, but he's now requesting a new trial.
Harvey Weinstein has launched an appeal against his Los Angeles rape conviction.Harvey Weinstein has launched an appeal against his Los Angeles rape conviction.
In documents seen by NBC, it's also claimed that evidence was wrongly excluded from the trial and that the jury was unfairly prejudiced by testimony from other women about alleged sexual assaults that he was not charged with.
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