NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. HERE’S KATE SNOW.
>>> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
WE’RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
BREAKING NEWS, A VERDICT REACHED
IN THE CLOSELY WATCHED TRIAL OF
HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THE ONE
POPULAR HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER.
CHARGES THAT CARRY A POTENTIAL
PENALTY OF LIFE IN PRISON.
THE JURY OF SEVEN MEN AND FIVE
WOMEN HAVE JUST RETURNED THEIR
VERDICT IN A NEW YORK CITY
COURTROOM THAT’S WHERE INSTEAD
OF STEPHANIE GOSK IS.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: WELL, KATE, HARVEY
WEINSTEIN WAS FOUND FIRST DEGREE
CRIMINAL ACTS AND THIRD DEGREE
RAPE.
RAPE. HE’S NOT GUILTY ON THE MOST
SERIOUS CHARGES IN THE CASE,
PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THESE ARE THE CHARGES THAT COULD
HAVE CARRIED A SENTENCE OF 25
YEARS TO LIFE.
BUT THE FIRST DEGREE CHARGE OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT DOES CARRY A
MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF UP TO 25
YEARS.
YEARS. AS YOU KNOW, HE’S 67 YEARS OLD,
CARRYING THAT KIND OF SENTENCE
WOULD BRING HIM TO 92 YEARS OLD.
BUT AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT HERE,
HE WAS NOT CONVICTED ON THE TWO
MOST SERIOUS CHARGES OF
PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT, KATE.
>> BUT, STEPHANIE, IT IS VERY
NEWSWORTHY THAT HE’S CONVICTED
ON THESE TWO COUNTS.
THIS IS REALLY A SEMINAL CASE
THAT’S BEEN WATCHED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT WILL HAVE SHOCK WAVES.
>> Reporter:
>> Reporter: >> Reporter: IT ABSOLUTELY WILL.
AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEEN
THE SYMBOL OF THE ME TOO
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. THERE ARE.
THERE ARE. TO 100 WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED
HIM.
HIM. FOR MANY WOMEN THE CASE IN
NEW YORK CITY HAS BECOME THE
SYMBOL FOR THE ENTIRE MOVEMENT.
THE FACT THAT HE’S BEEN
CONVICTED ON TWO CHARGES AND
WILL FACE A PRISON SENTENCE FOR
THOSE TWO CHARGES IS INCREDIBLY
SIGNIFICANT.
SIGNIFICANT. IT’S ALSO SIGNIFICANT, KATE,
BECAUSE THE ALLEGATIONS AT THE
CENTER OF THIS WERE TWO WOMEN
WHO SAID THEY WERE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED.
ASSAULTED. ONE IN 2006, ONE IN 2013.
THEY DID NOT TELL POLICE AT THE
TIME.
TIME. THEY DID NOT TELL FRIENDS
CONTEMPORANEOUSLY AT THE TIME.
THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE GUILTY
CHARGES HERE IS GOING TO SEND A
MESSAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
WHETHER OR NOT VICTIMS SHOULD
COME FORWARD WITH THESE KINDS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS.
IT COULD CHANGE THE WAY THAT
THESE CASES ARE HANDLED AND
PROSECUTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE UP UNTIL THIS POINT,
IT’S BEEN QUITE RARE FOR A CASE
LIKE LIST TOTHIS TO END UP IN FE
COURT.
COURT. >> STEPHANIE, WITH THE CASE, THE
WOMAN HAVING ONGOING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH HARVEY
WEINSTEIN AFTER THIS, AND NOW
THE GUILTY CHARGES AFTER THE
RELATIONSHIPS.
RELATIONSHIPS. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, THE
TWO WOMEN TOOK THE STAND.
THEY TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAD
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH HARVEY
WEINSTEIN AFTER THE ASSAULT
ALLEGATION.
ALLEGATION. IN THE CASE OF JESSICA MANN, THE
THIRD DEGREE RAPE CHARGE THAT HE
WAS FOUND GUILTY OF, SHE
TESTIFIED TO HAVING A YEAR’S
LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH HARVEY
WEINSTEIN INCLUDING TEXT
MESSAGES AND EMAILS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
DEFENSE FOCUSED ON HEAVILY.
PROSECUTORS, HOWEVER, BROUGHT IN
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRISTS, THE SAME
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRISTS THAT
TESTIFIED IN THE BILL COSBY CASE
SAYING THAT THESE KIND OF
INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
DON’T REACT IN THE SAME WAY.
THEY HAVE A MULTITUDE OF