Weinstein’s appeal for “did not get a fair trial” that sparked the’Me Too’ movement

American Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, 69, who sparked the worldwide’MeToo’ movement, appealed to the first trial sentenced to 23 years in prison.

On the 5th (local time), the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Weinstein’s lawyers had filed a 166-page appeal letter to the New York State Court of Appeals that day.

In an appeal, the lawyers claimed that they “did not get a fair trial” from Judge James Burke of the Manhattan First Instance Court, who took the Weinstein case last March.

At the time, the judge sentenced Weinstein to 23 years in prison for sexual assault and other crimes.

Weinstein said, “Judge Burke allowed four women to testify in court on Weinstein’s alleged sexual offenses, which were not criminally prosecuted.”

Considering that Weinstein is a senior in his late 60s, he also criticized the 23-year sentence as “death sentence” and that the sentence was excessive.

He also pointed out that Judge Burke refused to adopt expert and detective witnesses who would testify in favor of Weinstein.

Weinstein’s attorney argued, “I am very confident that the Court of Appeals will correct this mistake and return the case to another judge.”

Earlier, it was revealed that Weinstein had engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior against famous actresses as well as female employees for the past 30 years through the Me Too movement in 2017.
There were over 80 women who claimed the damage, and among them were famous actresses such as Angelina Jolie, Selma Hayek, and Ashley Judd.

In this regard, the Los Angeles (LA) prosecution has also separately prosecuted Weinstein.

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