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| Harvey Weinstein guilty over sexual assaults | Harvey Weinstein guilty over sexual assaults |
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| Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of two counts in his sexual assault trial. | Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of two counts in his sexual assault trial. |
| He has been convicted on lesser charges of third-degree rape and a criminal sexual act in the first degree. | He has been convicted on lesser charges of third-degree rape and a criminal sexual act in the first degree. |
| But Weinstein, 67, has been acquitted of the most serious charges against him - of predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape. | |
| He still faces charges in Los Angeles of rape and sexual assault of two women in 2013. | He still faces charges in Los Angeles of rape and sexual assault of two women in 2013. |
| More than 80 women, including famous actresses, had accused him of sexual misconduct stretching back decades. | |
| He could have been looking at a potential life sentence if he had been convicted of predatory sexual assault, but he still faces up to 25 years in prison. | |
| The jury of seven men and five women reached their verdict on Monday morning, the fifth day of deliberations. | |
| Weinstein entered court before the verdict wearing a navy blue suit and leaning on a walking frame. | |
| The case was at the centre of the #MeToo movement that inspired women to go public with misconduct allegations against powerful men. | |
| Weinstein shot to fame with critically acclaimed films such as Pulp Fiction, The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love. | |
| He had pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping Jessica Mann, a former aspiring actress. | |
| Ms Haleyi, who had worked on one of Weinstein's television productions, said she was assaulted by the producer after he invited her to his Lower Manhattan home. | |
| She testified that he backed her into a bedroom, held her down on the bed and forced himself on her. | |
| Ms Mann said that she found herself in an "extremely degrading" relationship with him that did not involve intercourse until he raped her in 2013. | |
| She said he was a "Jekyll and Hyde" figure who could be charming in public but showed his dark side when they were alone. | |
| Another one of Weinstein's accusers, Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra, told jurors he raped her in her apartment one night in 1993 or 1994. | |
| Her allegation was too old to be charged as a separate crime, but prosecutors used it in an attempt to demonstrate that the accused was a repeat sexual offender. | |
| During the trial, prosecutors portrayed Weinstein as a serial predator who had used his position of power in Hollywood to manipulate and violently attack women. | |
| Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast said during opening arguments: "The man seated right there was not just a titan in Hollywood, he was a rapist." | |
| But the defence team suggested the producer's accusers were disgruntled actresses. | |
| Weinstein's lawyer, Donna Rotunno, told jurors in closing arguments they were "the last line of defence" against an "overzealous" prosecution. | |
| How did we get here? | |
| Weinstein was once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, with dozens of Academy Award wins for his films. | |
| Allegations started to emerge about him in October 2017. The story was broken by the New York Times, which published details of decades of alleged incidents of harassment. | |
| Weinstein issued an apology acknowledging he had "caused a lot of pain", but disputed the allegations. | |
| Over the coming weeks, dozens more allegations emerged and Weinstein was sacked by the board of his company. | |
| Despite continuing to deny all allegations of non-consensual sex, he was all but banished from Hollywood. | |
| Allegations against him helped drive the #MeToo campaign against sexual misconduct, where victims shared their experiences of assault and harassment. | |
| Some criminal investigations were launched but he was not charged until May 2018, when he turned himself in to police in New York. |