I'm not familiar with New York case law on rape, but in my mind, if he didn't get explicit consent before the first attack, it's rape. Any decisions the victim makes afterwards are irrelevant and do not imply consent. People react differently to trauma, and some people may compartmentalize the attack and not act rationally. Think Stockholm syndrome.
And I've never served on a jury in New York, but jury members are usually instructed very clearly on their responsibility and the points of law involved in a case. So I think it's a stretch to say that they were pressured by media reports.
But since the rapist in this case is a wealthy motherfucker, he may stand a chance of getting the verdict overturned on appeal.
He still faces charges in LA:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/24/us/ha...ges/index.html
According to the criminal complaint, Weinstein and a woman attended a Hollywood film festival on February 17, 2013. Later that night, he knocked on her hotel room door and was allowed entry into her room. Once inside, they talked briefly before he allegedly attacked the woman, forced her to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her vagina and raped her, the complaint says.
The woman said she did not disclose the assault because he threatened her life if she spoke, the complaint says. The charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by use relate to that incident.
Two days later, on February 19, Weinstein met with a woman and her acquaintance for a business meeting at a hotel eatery in West Los Angeles, the complaint says. Weinstein persuaded the two to accompany him to his hotel suite, and one woman unwittingly followed him into the bathroom, the complaint says.
He allegedly took off his clothes and prevented her from leaving, and then he held her in place by her breast as he masturbated, the complaint says. He faces a charge of felony sexual battery by restraint for that incident, Lacey said.
Maybe Ann Coulter is right. At least in the literal sense, if they had become waitresses instead of production assistants and business acquaintances, they wouldn't have been raped by Weinstein.
But that argument amounts to classic "blame-the-victim" bullshit. No one should have to make career or business choices based on fear of getting raped.
Originally Posted by Dev Null
Perhaps you don't know the facts of the case. After the sexual encounter which was deemed "rape," the girl continued with an amicable relationship with him. She continued phoning and texting him, calling him "honey" and "baby" and never gave him any reason to think that he'd done anything she wasn't up for.
She received airline tickets and many other gifts from him. This went on for months and months. It was only after a long period, perhaps years, and when he never came up with any roles she could be in that she cried rape.
The whole thing is ridiculous.
This is why we have trials with evidence and such. Because the public can be easily swayed by groups of people making false accusations. The media is full of stories of actresses and would-be actresses who say he made an "un-welcome pass" or such. Somehow all this has been turned into rape. It is not rape.
What all these women say is that he'd make a pass and imply that it would help their careers. Some were repulsed and told him to fuck off. But others did not. Many girls went for it thinking they'd get a career out of it. Maybe some did. Rumors are that Jessica Alba slept with him many times and that explains why she has the career she has (certainly not based on great talent).
But this is not unusual for that business, or other businesses. And if you've lived anywhere outside the U.S. you'd know that this is normal and common the world over and it's taken for granted that a woman can easily advance herself by sleeping with her boss. It's normal.
The fact is that these American actresses are conceited and they think they shouldn't have to sleep with anyone to have the dream career they want. They think their talents are monumental, huge, and incredible. Well they're not. They're all replacable and inter-changeable. They just resent that he made a pass at them or would link their grand careers to the humiliation of sleeping with a troll.
BTW Gretchen Moll and many others advanced their careers by having sex with him. Disgusting to many but this is supposed to be an escorting site so....