Well, the New York Court of Appeals sent shot ways through Hollywood last week by overturning Harvey Weinstein's conviction for rape.

They said he didn't receive a fair trial because prosecutors in the pivotal Me Too case call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.

Weinstein will remain in jail. He's also convicted of rape in California last year and sentenced to 16 years behind bars.

In a moment, I'll talk to his lead lawyer

in the New York case, Donald Rotterno, and will debate the issues surrounding one of the most

seismic scandals in Hollywood history. But first, I'm joined by Rowena Chu, one of the

disgraced moguls' former assistants. And Rowena, thank you very much indeed for joining me.

Now, your case with Weinstein fell out of the statute of limitations.

It took place in Italy and you said that he attempted to rape you in a hotel room during the Venice Film Festival in 1998.

He was silenced for 20 years by signing an NDA. So that's your experience with Weinstein.

What was your reaction when you heard that this New York case had collapsed?

Yeah, I think it was very shocking news and obviously devastating to the women who'd taken the stand.

I think that we all felt that collectively, through the MeToo movement,

we'd worked incredibly hard to get Harvey behind bars,

whether we took the stand or whether we spoke out publicly in the news and in the media.

So it very much felt like the camel passing through the eye of a needle.

So this was a gut punch, certainly, to the women who'd put in so much effort

to have him put behind bars.

I mean, the specific reason that the case has collapsed is that prosecutors call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.

There were three women who testified about prior bad acts.

Now, that was just deemed to be a breach of the normal lawful process.

You know, one of the issues around Me Too was not that many bad people didn't get

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