December 20, (THEWILL) – Former Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault for one of the ladies who accused him of the indecent act.
Weinstein has been on trial for more than a month, based on allegations by four women between 2005 to 2013.
During the trial on Monday, it was stated how he used his influence to lure women into private meetings before allegedly assaulting them.
A jury of eight men spent nine days deliberating on three charges of rape and four other sexual assault counts.
The jurors found Weinstein guilty of rape and two sexual assault charges involving an accuser named “Jane Doe 1.”
Jane Doe 1, a Russian-born model, testified that she was in LA for an Italian film festival in February 2013 when the producer arrived uninvited at her Beverly Hills hotel room and raped her.
“Harvey Weinstein forever destroyed a part of me that night in 2013 and I will never get that back.
“The criminal trial was brutal and Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand. I knew I had to see this through to the end, and I did. I hope Weinstein never sees the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime”, she stated.
The jury couldn’t reach verdicts on allegations by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California governor, Gavin Newsom and a woman known as Jane Doe 2.
Weinstein was, however, acquitted of sexual battery against an accuser known as Jane Doe 3.
The former Hollywood film mogul is facing up to 24 years in prison when he is sentenced.
He had previously been sentenced to 23 years imprisonment after he was convicted of two felony sex crimes.
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