Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To Rape Charges In Court

On June 5, 2018, Harvey Weinstein was exonerated of three felony counts in New York Supreme Court. Despite multiple allegations of assault from women within the film industry, Weinstein will remain free, dependent on the payment of a $1 million dollar cash bail. Though the revelation of the shared experiences of sexual violence from Weinstein’s actions catalyzed the Me Too Movement, the ignominious film producer will not be imprisoned.

 

Read more on CNN about Weinstein pleading not guilty

Read more on The Guardian about the origins of the Me Too movement 

 

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