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Harvey Weinsteinsrape conviction was overturnedby New York States highest court on Thursday, April 25.
The court said in its decision: The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial.
The appeals court agreed in a 43 decision.
The synergistic effect of these errors was not harmless, the judges wrote.
On the other hand, the threat of a cross-examination highlighting these untested allegations undermined defendants right to testify.
Haleyi said that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006 at his apartment in Soho.
The Manhattan DA did not charge Weinstein in relation to their allegations.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on March 11, 2020.
This story has been updated to include statements from the Manhattan DAs office and attorney Douglas Wigdor.
