#sexcrime

#HarveyWeinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in NYC to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony #SexCrime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV PA Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning >6 yrs. His 2020 conviction was overturned by NY’s highest court, citing testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case. A 2nd jury found Weinstein #guilty again at a retrial last year. #law

« ...a platoon of Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young Bedouin girl, "in her mid-teens." When their commanding officer gave them the choice between using her as kitchen staff or a sex slave, the Israeli officers opted for the latter. They cut her hair and washed it with kerosene, then gang raped her so violently that on the next morning the officer in charge, Second Lieutenant Moshe, "saw fit to remove her from the world." » #palestine #Israel #sexcrime