March 27, 2015 Lawyers in New York refuse to prosecute Harvey Weinstein after a Filipino Italian model tells the police that he groped her breast and slid his hand up her skirt during a business meeting at his office in Manhattan.
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October 5, 2017 The New York Times and The New Yorker investigations reveal accusations of mistreatment of women by Weinstein and allegations that his company covered it up.
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March 19, 2018 New York Governor Andrew M Cuomo orders a review of the decision not to charge Weinstein in 2015, bringing into question the decision of the Manhattan district attorney at the time.
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May 25, 2018 Weinstein surrenders after being indicted on charges of rape and criminal sexual act, stemming from alleged assaults on two different women in Manhattan in 2013 and 2004, respectively.
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August 26, 2019 Prosecutors obtain a new indictment against Weinstein, allowing them to call an actress as a witness. The actress alleges that Weinstein raped her at her Manhattan apartment in 1993 or 1994.
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January 6, 2020 Weinstein is indicted in Los Angeles, accused of raping one woman and engaging in lewd conduct in front of a second within two days in February 2013. These charges coincide with legal proceedings in his New York trial.
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February 24, 2020 A jury of five men and seven women finds Weinstein guilty of rape and criminal sexual act but clears him of three other charges.
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March 11, 2020 Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in jail, is inmate No. 3102000153 at New York's Rikers Island jail. Days later, California prosecutors bring additional assault charge against Weinstein.
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April 5, 2021 Weinstein appeals his New York conviction, arguing that certain accusers should not have testified.
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June 2, 2022 A New York appeals court upholds Weinstein's 2020 conviction for felony sex crimes in a unanimous ruling.
December 19, 2022 Following a trial in October 2022, LA jurors return a mixed verdict, finding Mr. Weinstein guilty of raping and sexually assaulting an actress in 2013 while acquitting him of one charge.
February 23, 2023 Weinstein is sentenced to 16 years in prison for the Los Angeles case, with the term to commence after his New York sentence.
April 25, 2024 New York's highest court overturns the 2020 conviction, citing that Weinstein was tried for behaviour beyond the charges brought against him.