NEW YORK - The jury that convicted Harvey Weinstein of rape and sex assault did not consider the trial’s implications for the #MeToo movement, one of the jurors said in an interview aired Friday. Juror one walked up and looked in her direction, smiled, and said have a great or good weekend,” Cheronis complained in a previously sealed discussion at the judge’s bench. Sign up for our newsletters to get today's top stories, your favourite columnists and lots more in your email inbox. After a weekend off, jurors took just two more hours of deliberations to reach a verdict on all charges. The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sex crimes unless they grant permission, as Haleyi did.
Source: thestar February 28, 2020 18:33 UTC