The New York Court of Appeals overturned disgraced film executive Harvey Weinstein‘s 2020 conviction in the Empire State on sexual assault charges.
The court ruled 4-3 that the judge had made “egregious errors” with how the trial was conducted, specifically testimony that was allowed in the trial. The majority ruled the solution was for a new trial to be held on the charges levied against Weinstein.
“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the majority opinion said.
“The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial,” the decision continued.
The court pointed to the standard set in the
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