Final week, the New York state appeals court docket dominated that the choose overseeing the previous Hollywood mogul’s case had erred when he allowed the testimony of girls who made allegations about Weinstein for which he was by no means charged. The choose had “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts in opposition to individuals aside from the complainants of the underlying crimes”, the appeals court docket dominated by a vote of 4 to three. The choice additionally mentioned the trial choose compounded the error by letting Weinstein be cross-examined in a method that portrayed him in a “extremely prejudicial” mild.
