Harvey Weinstein’s accusers have weighed in on the New York Court of Appeals’s decision to overturn the disgraced film executive’s 2020 conviction on sexual assault charges.
His conviction four years ago marked a landmark in the #MeToo movement after more than 100 women accused Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment. His accusers shared their thoughts after the appeal’s court decision Thursday.
“This today is an act of institutional betrayal,” actor and activist Ashley Judd said. “Our institutions betray survivors of male sexual violence.”
Judd was one of the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment publicly.
One accuser, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, said the decision…