A jury of 12 men and women has found former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty on two of the five potential criminal charges he faced in his New York County trial.
Weinstein attorney Arthur Aidala told reporters that his client was "shocked but stoic at the same time" while listening to the verdict.
He's facing five to 25 years for the criminal sexual assault conviction and 18 months to four years for the third-degree rape conviction.
On Friday afternoon, the jury appeared to suggest that they were deadlocked on the two most serious charges Weinstein was facing — predatory sexual assault — but possibly unanimous on the three lesser charges (criminal sex act, first-degree rape, third-degree rape).
In New York State, a person can be convicted of predatory sexual assault when a jury has determined that the person committed a first degree rape, criminal sexual act or aggravated sexual abuse against more than one other person.
"Weinstein is a vicious, serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten, rape, assault, trick, humiliate and silence his victims.".
"Gratitude to the brave women who’ve testified and to the jury for seeing through the dirty tactics of the defense. »
