The jury also determined Mr. Weinstein was not guilty of first-degree rape in the 2013 attack on Ms. Mann. The jury instead opted to convict him of third-degree rape, which required prosecutors to prove only that she did not consent. All were aspiring actresses who said Mr. Weinstein lured them into private meetings to discuss their careers then sexually assaulted them. Mr. Weinstein was not charged in those cases, because they were too old to be prosecuted or happened outside New York. The lead prosecutor, Joan Illuzzi, told the court people who knew Mr. Weinstein described him as a sociopathic manipulator.

Source: New York Times March 11, 2020 12:52 UTC