disgrace movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is
spending his first night in custody
after being found guilty of rape and
look that's the Walker Weinstein has
been using throughout this trial being
wheeled out of court Weinstein was not
placed in a jail cell we're told he was
taken to a medical facility on Rikers
Island New York's most notorious prison
because of his age and serious medical
issues the networks broke into
programming to report the dramatic
verdict you could feel the tensions in
the room as the verdict was being read
Weinstein himself was surrounded by
several court officers at the defense
table and remained stoic throughout the
reading of the verdict he was placed in
forward facing handcuffs and had
difficulty standing without his walker
What did he say to you after I'm
innocent I'm innocent I'm innocent how
could this happen in America I'm
innocent
minutes after the verdict there was an
angry confrontation outside Manhattan
Criminal Court between firebrand
attorney Gloria Allred and Weinstein's
defense team you guys are gonna have to
make a choice because we have to go do
some work so you need to hear from the
defense islands me again oh yes you are
well Manhattan da Cyrus Vance jr. also
spoke out Harvey Weinstein has finally
been held accountable for crimes he
committed the women who came forward
courageously and at great risk made that
happen the jury of seven men and five
women deliberated for 22 hours they were
seen leaving Court together what
happened in the jury room this juror
refused to talk about the verdict the
name of one juror can now be revealed
she is author Amanda Brainard who wrote
a novel about an old man seducing much
younger women one weinstein accuser
italian model amber gutierrez was at the
courthouse i was super happy i was
jumping for joy was with my best friend
and
try it for about an hour Weinstein was
found guilty of raping actress Jessica
man and sexually assaulting former
production assistant Miriam Halle
but despite the testimony of Sopranos
actress Annabella she Ora he was found
not guilty of the most serious charge of
predatory sexual assault which would
have met a life prison sentence an
attorney for several Weinstein accusers
spoke about the heroism of the women who
testified we know that there are many
other victims of Harvey Weinstein who
were not testifying at this trial but
their voice was heard through these six
courageous women
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