Candace Owens has congratulated a New York appeals court for overturning the 2020 rape conviction of former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
The court announced Thursday that Weinstein’s conviction would be overturned, saying the ruling in the case had made out-of-place decisions, adding that it allowed a woman to testify against him on separate allegations in his case, The Associated Press reported.
Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act in February 2020. He was later convicted of rape and other sexual assault charges in a separate case in Los Angeles, and will continue to serve his 16-year sentence. -Year of sentence in this case. He tried to appeal any of the verdicts.
The ruling temporarily sparked discussions about Weinstein’s case on social media, adding conservative commentator Owens, who expressed agreement with the fee overturn.
“You can say what you want about Harvey Weinstein, but the trial against him in New York is one of the most absurd sentences I’ve ever seen. Read the main points of the case. Full of witch hunts. I’m glad it’s been cancelled. New York has a real problem,” he wrote in a message on X, formerly Twitter.
In a later article, Owens wrote that he believed that courts “have generally become playgrounds for ‘social justice’ rather than actual justice. “
Newsweek reached out to Owens for comment.
While Owens has criticized Weinstein in social media posts over the years, writing in May 2021 that he was able to “victimize other people for years even though ‘everyone knew,'” he expressed concern about his lawsuit.
In February 2023, he collected testimony from an actress who had testified against Weinstein, arguing that prosecutors were unable to locate him at his hotel.
“They couldn’t. She also lied several times on the stand. This conviction makes no sense,” Owens wrote. In the article, he added that acknowledging his considerations about his conviction “does not make Harvey Weinstein a ‘good’ person. “
Weinstein’s spokesman, Judah Engelmayer, told NBC News that they were “thrilled with the court’s decision. “
“It is clear that we have a long way to go in California,” Engelmayer said in a statement.
The ruling states that “the trial for those egregious errors is a retrial,” although it is not yet clear when it will take place.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement that his workplace “will make every effort to retry this case and will remain steadfast in its commitment to survivors of sexual assault. “
In a statement provided to Newsweek, Weinstein’s accusers called the resolution “not only disheartening” but also “deeply unfair. “
“But this resolution in no way diminishes the validity of our reports or our truth; It’s just a setback. He continues to serve his sentence in a California prison. When survivors around the world broke their silence in 2017, the “World has changed. We remain strong and advocating for this change. We will continue to fight for justice for survivors around the world,” she said.
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