Nearly a week after opting not to retry movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday that legislators will have to act to help survivors of sexual assault get their justice. Bragg wants prosecutors to be able to include testimony about previous “bad acts” against defendants so that all accusers’ voices can be heard. That’s what his office did when it won a conviction of Weinstein in 2020, in a seismic moment for the #MeToo movement and survivors of sexual abuse. The New York Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in 2024, ruling that testimony of witnesses who said Weinstein used his Hollywood influence to take advantage of them was “erroneously admitted.” Last month Bragg dropped any plan for a fourth trial on a rape charge when the accuser said she could not endure going to court again. “We’re hard at work with members of the legislature to address and change the law,” Bragg said. “We didn’t get it done this year, but we tried, and we’ll be back again next year trying to change the law … to allow for more evidence like that to come in.” Coordinated bills introduc
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Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine Senate race. A…
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Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine…
Read original at CNN →Nearly a week after opting not to retry movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday that legislators will have to act to help…
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Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine Senate race. A…
View source →Nearly a week after opting not to retry movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday that legislators will have to act to help survivors of sexual…
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