• Weinstein used his power to get women to meet with him privately.
• He could be jailed for 24 years.
• dozens of people testified against Weinstein.

A Los Angeles jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of raping a woman. He used to be one of the most powerful people in Hollywood.

During the two-month trial, the jury heard how Weinstein used his power to get women to meet with him privately so he could then attack them.

The Oscar winner, who is 70 years old, could spend up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced.

At his first trial in New York two years ago, he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault. He has already been in jail for 23 years.

On Monday, Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two sexual assaults by a woman who went by the name “Jane Doe 1.” This was done to protect her privacy.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who is married to California Governor Gavin Newsom, and a woman named Jane Doe 2 both made claims that the jury could not decide on. On those counts, the judge called a mistrial.

He was also found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman named Jane Doe 3.

The Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love producer and co-founder of the entertainment company Miramax was in court in Los Angeles on Monday, wearing a grey suit and looking pale.

He wasn’t in a wheelchair like he had been in the past when he went to court.

The former Hollywood producer looked down when he heard that he was guilty on count one. Then the court clerk said, “Guilty on count two,” and he looked at his lawyer. He looked at the jury at one point.

During the more than four weeks of the trial, dozens of people testified, and their words were often very emotional.

But Monday’s decision was based on what four women said happened between 2005 and 2013.

The eight men and four women on the jury talked about the three rape charges and the four other sexual assault charges for nine days.

Jane Doe 1, who was born in Russia and was raped by Weinstein, was found guilty of rape on Monday.

She was the first person to testify in the trial. She said that she was in Los Angeles in February 2013 for an Italian film festival when the producer showed up uninvited at her hotel room in Beverly Hills and raped her.

She said after the verdict: “That night in 2013, Harvey Weinstein destroyed a part of me that will never come back.

“The criminal trial was horrible, and Weinstein’s lawyers made my time as a witness a living hell, but I knew I had to stick with it until the end, so I did.

“I hope that Weinstein never gets out of jail during his whole life.”

Ms. Siebel Newsom testified in an emotional way that Weinstein raped her in a hotel room in 2005 while she was making a documentary.

In a statement released Monday after the verdict, California’s first lady said, “Throughout the trial, Weinstein’s lawyers used sexism, misogyny, and bullying to scare, insult, and make fun of us survivors.”

“The trial was a stark reminder that we as a society have a lot of work to do.”

Lauren Young was the only other one of the four main accusers who came forward in public.

When she met Weinstein in 2013 to talk about a script, she said she was a model and a want tobe actress and screenwriter.

Ms. Young said that he had gotten her locked in a hotel bathroom and raped her.

The jury couldn’t decide what to do about the charges against her.

Jane Doe 3, a massage therapist, said in court that Weinstein had sex with her in a hotel bathroom in 2010. He wasn’t responsible for that attack.

In 2020, when he was found guilty in New York, it was a turning point for the #MeToo movement, which had been calling out sexual abuse and harassment in the movie business for years.

Weinstein is fighting his conviction in New York right now.

Over the course of several decades, more than 80 women have come forward to say that Weinstein assaulted or mistreated them in a sexual way.

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