A New York tribunal overturned Harvey Weinstein sex crimes conviction successful a stunning determination Thursday.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled pursuing a 3-4 ballot that grounds from “prior bad acts” witnesses should not person been allowed because it “was unnecessary to found defendant’s intent and served only to found defendant’s propensity to perpetrate nan crimes charged,” according to CNN.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reportedly plans to retry nan case.
According to Agence France-Presse, a French world news agency successful Paris, Weinstein’s victims person said successful a connection that nan reversal is “profoundly unjust.”
Meanwhile, nan erstwhile Hollywood movie exec’s rep, Juda Engelmayer, said, “We are cautiously excited and request to study nan ramifications of nan entreaty decision. We ever said this was an cruel trial.”
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