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The Philip DeFranco Show

PDS 4.25 College Campus Protest Crackdowns Exposing A Lot, Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned, & More

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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0:00.0

There's a lot to talk about today.

0:04.3

This is a news show.

0:09.3

The disgusting, predatory slot monster that is Harvey Weinstein just got his conviction overturned.

0:16.0

But that doesn't mean that he's a free man today.

0:18.0

Let me explain.

0:18.6

Because the New York Court of Appeals just overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction and a 4-3 ruling. But I'm essentially saying the judge in his trial

0:24.8

allowed too much testimony from women with allegations not related to the charges. Right, because

0:28.9

Weinstein had been serving a 23-year sentence after being convicted of criminal sex act charges and rape.

0:33.3

But in this decision, the appeals court said that Weinstein was convicted by a jury for various sexual crimes against three named complainants and, on appeal, claims that he was judged not on the conduct for which he was indicted, but on irrelevant, prejudicial, and untested allegations of prior bad acts.

0:47.3

We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the

0:54.3

underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose. And adding that

0:58.9

the court compounded this error when it said that he could be cross-examined about these

1:02.1

allegations. And ultimately, saying the only remedy for these errors is a new trial. Now with that,

1:06.5

the Manhattan District Attorney's Office did release a statement saying it would do everything

1:09.5

in its power to retry the case.

1:11.2

And so, of course, eyes are going to be on the potential for this new trial. But as far as Weinstein behind bars, he's still staying there because back in 2022, he was convicted of him because of the Los Angeles case, but saying we are studying the ramifications of the appeal right now.

1:31.0

With Weinstein's lawyer also adding, this is not just a victory for Mr. Weinstein, but for every

1:34.8

criminal defendant in the state of New York. Though, of course, with this news, there are a lot of people

1:38.0

that are not happy. With, for example, most notably Judge Madeline Singas, writing in the dissenting opinion that the court has repeatedly thwarted the gains survivors have made. And adding, men who serially sexually exploit their power over women,

1:48.2

especially the most vulnerable groups in society, will reap the benefit of today's decision.

1:52.5

Forgotten are the women who bear the psychological trauma of sexual violence and the scars of

1:57.3

testifying again and again. You also had a lawyer who represented two pre-trial witnesses

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