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Harvey Weinstein found guilty on 3 of 7 charges in Los Angeles

Weinstein's legal trouble is far from over. In London, he faces criminal charges of indecent assault of a woman in 1996.
For more than a month, witnesses gave graphic testimony of how former film producer Harvey Weinstein would lure women to private meetings in hotel rooms that quickly turned violent.

Harvey Weinstein, once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood whose many sex crimes helped ignite the #metoo movement, was convicted of 3 of 7 charges in his second sex crimes trial, this time in Los Angeles. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 3 of the charges. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York.

Weinstein was charged with seven counts of raping and sexually assaulting four women from, but those were dismissed when prosecutors said they were "unable to proceed" on the allegations made by a woman identified as Jane Doe 5.

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