What you need to know for Tuesday.
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 | | Sarah Blesener for The New York Times |
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Harvey Weinstein seemed stunned, and refused to move. |
He was inside the Manhattan courtroom where he had just been found guilty of two felony sex crimes. This made him the first high-profile man ousted from a position of power during the #MeToo movement and then criminally prosecuted. |
The Times’s Jan Ransom was inside the courtroom. She said the once-influential movie producer, who recently had back surgery, was seated when the verdict was read. Eventually, he placed his hands in front of his body and was handcuffed. Then court officers escorted Mr. Weinstein as he limped out of the courtroom. |
A jury convicted Mr. Weinstein, 67, on Monday of criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree. He was acquitted on three other charges, including predatory sexual assault. He was sent to jail to await sentencing on March 11. |
He could be sentenced to between five and 29 years in prison. |
Dozens of women had come forward with accusations against Mr. Weinstein. Six women testified at the trial that he had sexually assaulted them, though Mr. Weinstein had faced charges in connection with only two of them. The others were allowed to testify to establish a pattern of behavior. |
Accusations of sexual misconduct and assault have swirled around Mr. Weinstein for years. In 2015, he avoided prosecution in connection to a groping episode, but was indicted in 2018 in New York after dozens of women came forward to accuse him in the media. |
Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, said on Monday that the verdict helped “pull our justice system into the 21st century by declaring that rape is rape and sexual assault is sexual assault, no matter what.” |
Critics of Mr. Vance have said that he should have pursued charges against Mr. Weinstein sooner. |
In 2015, an Italian model recorded the mogul discussing how he had recently groped her. “I’m used to that. Come on. Please,” Mr. Weinstein is heard saying on the recording. “You’re used to that?” asked the model, Ambra Battilana. “Yes,” he said, adding, “I won’t do it again.” Outside the Manhattan courtroom yesterday, Ms. Battilana said she felt “pure joy” at the verdict. |
Mr. Weinstein’s lead defense lawyer, Donna Rotunno, told reporters that the verdict “absolutely” would be appealed. “The fight is not over,” Ms. Rotunno said. When asked to describe Mr. Weinstein’s reaction to the verdict, Ms. Rotunno said: “Harvey is unbelievably strong. He took it like a man.” |
Another defense lawyer, Arthur Aidala, recalled Mr. Weinstein saying: “I’m innocent. I’m innocent. How could this happen in America?” |
Mr. Weinstein’s legal troubles extend beyond New York. Last month, Jackie Lacey, the Los Angeles County district attorney, unveiled new rape and assault charges against Mr. Weinstein. She said that over two days in February 2013, Mr. Weinstein assaulted two women in separate attacks. |
A home where prominent abolitionists once lived may get replaced by new apartments. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] |
The number of children in the city’s foster care system is at a low. [NY1] |
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to buy nearly 1,000 subway cars that will allow riders to walk from end to end without passing through doors. [Daily News] |
Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. |
And finally: Remembering a broadcast pioneer |
The show ran from 1968 to 1970 on WNEW-TV in New York and featured a variety of guests. There were celebrities including Harry Belafonte and the champion pool player Cisero Murphy, as well as local street performers and police officers. According to The Times’s Sam Roberts, the show was credited as being New York City’s first regular program written, produced and presented by black people. |
Mr. Hobson had a lengthy career in the broadcast industry and helped produce the long-running television show “Like It Is.” Later he started a company that produced the documentaries “Porgy and Bess: An American Voice” and “Harlem in Montmartre: Paris Jazz.” |
On the 30th anniversary of “Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant,” Mr. Hobson told The Times, “This was a way for blacks to hear their voices.” He added, “People spoke their hearts and their minds.” |
It’s Tuesday — watch local television. |
Metropolitan Diary: Another round |
On a Saturday afternoon in 1994, my father took me, my brothers and a few of our cousins to McSorley’s, which, of course, claims to be the oldest continuously operating tavern in the New York. |
It was 100 years to the day, my father said, that his father, my grandfather, had been born in the apartment upstairs. |
After we’d had a round or two, my father raised his glass. |
“Bartender,” he said, “a round for the house on the 100th anniversary of the birth of my father.” |
“This is New York, pal,” the bartender said. “Let me see some money. We had Columbus’s cousin in here last week.” |
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