Weinstein and R Kelly were sentenced to additional years today — but nothing else has changed
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Weinstein’s defense team went all-out on the offensive, describing one of the accusers, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, as “just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood”. Even though Weinstein’s ability to go undetected as a predator for so long was dependent on the fact that he was a powerful man in a position to affect people’s careers — and even though his first trial opened up a long discussion about power dynamics — jurors are less likely to convict when they feel a woman has “gained” from her assault. Prior to his conviction, many had said that his crimes were conducted openly and that his involvement with young girls — the majority of whom were vulnerable children of color — was, like Weinstein’s flagrant sexual misconduct, an “open secret” in the industry. He added that he felt sorry for his two ex-wives, who didn’t know that he was having sexual contact with other women, and he told the judge today during sentencing that he considers himself “innocent”.
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