‘This is what it’s like to be a woman in America, living with male entitlement to our bodies,’ says Weinstein accuser, Ashley Judd

The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday.

Weinstein, 72, was found guilty in 2020 of raping and assaulting two women, and is serving his 23-year sentence at a prison in upstate New York.

In a 4-3 decision on Thursday, New York’s highest court ruled the original judge made “egregious errors” in the trial by allowing prosecutors to call witnesses whose allegations were not related to the charges at hand.

Weinstein was once one of Hollywood’s most well-connected and powerful producers who made a series of Oscar-winning films. But behind the glamourous facade, it was a different story. More than 80 women have accused him of abuse ranging from groping to rape. Even with his conviction overturned in New York, he remains convicted of rape in California.

The Weinstein revelations launched the #MeToo movement in 2017, which saw women from all corners of society come forward to talk about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault.

  • Grimy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I believe it’s probably true. I don’t believe it can be classified anywhere near the word myth since that implies it’s almost certainly false.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      People believe it’s “probably true” that the world was created in 7 days. And they have only a little less credible evidence at their disposal than you do.

      • Grimy@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        In our current discussion, I’m assuming based on the millions of times it has been true while you are assuming and declaring as truth based on one mystical scenario that has never been found. For all your talk about science, I don’t think your reasoning is very thorough.

        The above scenario would only apply to me if said people had also found millions of world’s that were also created in seven days. It applies to you as is because your double finger print scenario is currently completely imaginary.

        I’m going to leave it at that but if one of us is a zealot running on blind faith, I don’t think it’s me.

          • Grimy@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            you are assuming and declaring as truth based on one mystical scenario that has never been found

            That’s not how science works.

              • Grimy@lemmy.world
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                2 months ago

                What’s your new position then?

                You started by claiming no two fingerprints are unique based on the fact that there is beyond a doubt a set of two identical pairs out there somewhere even though no such pairs have ever been found, a god pair if you will.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  2 months ago

                  I never said it was beyond a doubt.

                  In fact, I said:

                  We have no idea if there have never been two people with the same fingerprints. It’s never been tested and there’s no way to test it since the majority of people who have existed are now dead.

                  So I don’t know why you’re telling such a ridiculous lie.

                  • Grimy@lemmy.world
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                    2 months ago

                    Okay so what’s your position? Its a spectrum I’m guessing? So what, you think there’s a 50% chance that fingerprints aren’t unique?