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The New York court has overturned the decision of the trial court regarding Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is serving sentence in the rape case. Of the 7-judge bench, 4 judges were against the sentence while 3 judges were in favor of the sentence. The #MeToo movement started after the allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
More than 80 women have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing production assistant Mimi Halei and three years for raping actress Jessica Mann.
The case was tried by a 12-member jury in a New York court. After a trial that lasted nearly six weeks, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two counts of rape and sexual assault. Harvey Weinstein faces up to 2022 in prison for rape conviction.
More than 80 women have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment over a 30-year period. Major newspapers like the New York Times and the New Yorker published reports on this.
Hollywood actress Alyssa Milano also made allegations. Meanwhile, someone tagged him on social media and wrote that he should express his thoughts through #MeToo. More than 32 thousand women have shared their stories using this hashtag.
The effect was that women who were victims of sexual exploitation joined the movement. After returning from America, Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of abuse. Tanushree accused Nana Patekar and choreographer Ganesh Acharya. Actor Alok Nath and director Vikas Bahl were also accused. Kangana accused Vikas and Vinita Nanda on Alok Nath. There was also a brawl between Kangana and Sonam Kapoor.