New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, a stunning reversal in the landmark case of the Me Too movement.

In a four to three decision, the Court of Appeals said the trial judge's decision to allow

witnesses to claim Weinstein assaulted them, but not include those witnesses' allegations

in the charges, precluded Weinstein from having a fair trial.

Weinstein's lawyers commended the court earlier today

for what they called a tremendous victory

for criminal defendants.

There are some people who are very unpopular in our society, but we still have to apply the law fairly to them.

And in this courthouse behind us at that trial, the law was not applied fairly to Harvey Weinstein.

Weinstein is currently being held in an upstate New York prison.

For more on what this reversal means for him and why the case unfolded as it did,

I'm joined by Jody Cantor.

New York Times investigative reporter who broke the story of Mr Weinstein's sex crimes.

So Jody, you and your colleague Megan Toe, broke the story of Mr Weinstein's sex crimes.

So Jody, you and your colleague,

Megan Toe, of course, broke that story back in 2017.

No one has followed it more closely.

Did today's decision surprise you?

No, this has been brewing for a long time. You know, from the start, Megan and I were never really sure how Harvey Weinstein would be

treated by the criminal justice system.

Because when we think of the allegations against him, there are so many.

Those women could fill an entire courtroom by themselves.

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