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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

#metoo

Kaja Sokola arrives at Manhattan criminal court before the start of Harvey Weinstein's trial on sexual assault charges in New York, on May 13, 2025. (Bing Guan/Pool Photo via AP)
May 14, 2025, 1:20 am
Lawyers confront witness in Harvey Weinstein sex crime trial with private diary entry
Former model accuses disgraced movie mogul of assaulting her when she was a teen, a charge that was included in retrial after judge overturned earlier rape conviction
By Philip Marcelo
Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan as jury selection continues in his retrial on April 23, 2025 in New York. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)
April 23, 2025, 10:01 pm
As Harvey Weinstein’s retrial opens, prosecutors paint picture of a sexual predator
Prosecutor says film producer had all the power, victims had none; his 2020 NY conviction was overturned, amid errors by trial judge, though his California sentence still stands
By Jack Queen
Harvey Weinstein attends his retrial on rape and sex assault charges at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, April 15, 2025 (ANGELA WEISS / POOL / AFP)
April 15, 2025, 8:30 pm
Harvey Weinstein’s retrial for sex crimes begins, after 2020 conviction overturned
Hollywood mogul was found guilty of rape, after claims that helped spark #MeToo movement, but court said jurors should never have heard testimonies from accusers outside of case
By Gregory WALTON
Harvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)
October 22, 2024, 10:10 am
Harvey Weinstein being treated for cancer in prison
Disgraced Hollywood mogul, 72, diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia while awaiting retrial at New York’s Riker’s Island on rape and sexual assault charges
By AFP
Harvey Weinstein, center, appears in criminal court in New York, September 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
September 19, 2024, 8:50 am
Harvey Weinstein faces new sex crime charge while waiting retrial
Recovering from emergency surgery, disgraced Hollywood mogul pleads not guilty to a new charge of forcing oral sex on a woman in a NY hotel in 2006
By Philip Marcelo and Jennifer Peltz
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on May 1, 2024 in New York. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
September 12, 2024, 8:53 pm
Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial
Disgraced Hollywood producer not present at hearing due to surgery; charges remain sealed, but prosecutors have said they are pursuing allegations dating back to mid-2000s
By Michael R. Sisak
File: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears at the Manhattan Criminal Court for a pre-trial hearing, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, July 19, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/Pool/AFP)
September 5, 2024, 10:30 pm
Harvey Weinstein won’t face indecent assault charges in Britain
UK prosecutors say conviction of disgraced Hollywood producer would have been unlikely, though he may face fresh indictments in New York
By DANICA KIRKA
This combination of photos created on May 14, 2024 shows French-Polish director and former president of the Jury, Roman Polanski, left, on September 7, 2019 in Deauville, France; British actress Charlotte Lewis, right, on May 14, 2024. (LOIC VENANCE and Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
May 14, 2024, 6:39 pm
French court acquits director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress
Charlotte Lewis sued the Franco-Polish director after he said her accusation of rape against him was a ‘heinous lie’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on May 1, 2024 in New York. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2024, 12:48 am
Harvey Weinstein to be retried in New York after rape conviction invalidated
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announces move in court, with judge saying retrial won’t start before September
By Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles, October 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)
April 25, 2024, 6:52 pm
New York court repeals Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault conviction, calls retrial
The 4-3 judge majority says judge in original trial showed prejudice against Weinstein with ‘egregious’ improper rulings
By Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
Shira Albag speaks about her daughter Liri at a rally for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on January 20, 2024 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 21, 2024, 2:21 am
Women’s plight takes center stage at weekly demonstration for hostages’ return
Citing accounts of sexual abuse by Hamas, leading Israeli feminists demand action from the prime minister, his wife and international rights groups
By Canaan Lidor
Actor Kevin Spacey addresses the media after being cleared of nine sex offenses, outside Southwark Crown Court in London, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
July 26, 2023, 11:51 pm
British court clears actor Kevin Spacey of nine sex offenses
Hollywood star, who turned 64 on day of verdict, is acquitted by jury of allegations that emerged in 2017 and halted his successful career
By Agencies
This Dec. 2, 2013, file photo, shows Bryan Singer at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
June 9, 2023, 4:20 pm
Disgraced Hollywood director Bryan Singer said living in Israel, planning comeback
Singer’s career stalled after he was accused of sexually assaulting four minors, charges that he denies; Variety reports he is working on several films based in Israel
By ToI Staff
Reporter Jodi Kantor. (The New York Times via JTA)
November 19, 2022, 4:13 am
Weinstein approached me ‘Jew to Jew’: NYT’s Jodi Kantor on the subdrama of ‘She Said’
Journalist who won Pulitzer for investigation of disgraced Hollywood producer says he made failed bid to elicit sympathy, describes Jewish moments in new film on her reporting
By Sarah Rosen
Zohar Argov seen in 1981. (IDF Archive)
November 14, 2022, 5:07 am
Unfit to be ‘the king’: How singer Zohar Argov’s legacy continues to be whitewashed
35 years after his death in a jail cell, the music of the legendary Mizrahi singer and convicted rapist is more popular than it was in his lifetime – even in the post-#MeToo era
By Amy Spiro
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