Hollywood Applauds Weinstein’s Guilty Verdict: ‘A New Era of Justice’
Hollywood is now heralding Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault case, once seen as a referendum on the #MeToo movement, as the start of a new era for accountability.
Actresses and activists celebrated Monday when a New York jury found the producer guilty on two counts, in a decision that could send him to jail for up to 25 years.
“The era of impunity for powerful men who rape people is over,” actress Mira Sorvino said in a press call after the verdict was announced. “Harvey Weinstein has haunted many of our lives, even our nightmares, long after he did what he did to us. We have finally taken that power back... He will rot in jail as he deserves, and we will begin to have closure.”
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