Harvey Weinstein convicted of 3 of 7 charges in sexual assault trial | CNN

JUST IN: Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of three out of seven charges, including rape, in California sexual assault trial.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by foreign object of one woman Monday in a sexual assault trial in which prosecutors said he used his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. Jurors found Weinstein not guilty of one count of sexual battery by restraint and was a hung jury on one count of sexual battery by restraint, one count of forcible oral copulation and one count of rape.

Meanwhile, Weinstein’s attorneys have maintained the allegations are either fabricated or occurred consensually as part of a “transactional relationship” with the movie producer, repeatedly saying there is no evidence of assault. Defense attorney Alan Jackson called the accusers “fame and fortune seekers.

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