Harvey Weinstein is likely to spend the next five years behind bars following the court's ruling on the sexual assault charges levelled against him.
Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of the rape and sex assault charges levelled against him.
CNN reports that the verdict was reached Monday, February 24, 2020, by a jury in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York after deliberating for twenty-six hours.
Weinstein was charged with two counts of rape, one count of criminal sexual act and two counts of predatory sexual assault.
The jury found Weinstein guilty on two counts of criminal sexual assault, but not guilty on three others, including predatory sexual assault.
According to CNN, the reason he wasn't found guilty of the predatory sexual assault charge was that his accuser couldn't remember the date and place of the rape incident. This made it difficult for the jury to conclude.
The disgraced movie mogul is likely to face at most twenty-five years in jail or at least five years, depending on the ruling. The judge, however, remanded Harvey in prison custody.
The date for the final ruling has been fixed for March 2020.
The list of the female actors who alleged they were assaulted by Weinstein includes Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lupita Nyong'o who gave a very descriptive detail of her different experiences with the movie mogul.
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