During ITV's Good Morning Britain, two of Harvey Weinstein's accusers spoke out following his overturned conviction in New York. One of them described as 'a devastating but unsurprising miscarriage of justice'.
Ashley Judd looked somber as she stepped out in New York City on Friday - one day after one of Harvey Weinstein rape convictions was overturned.
The star wore a white dress, sunglasses and backpack as she walked in Manhattan hours after speaking out. The actress later told the BBC: 'Oftentimes survivors say that the betrayal and the moral injury we suffer within the system is worse than the sexual body invasion we experienced in the first place.'
Masse added that this was 'just a glitch in the system', which could see victims having to 'go through it all again' in a retrial. The star wore a white dress, sunglasses and backpack as she walked in Manhattan hours after speaking out 'Two juries have said unequivocally: Harvey Weinstein must never be able to rape another woman, and he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Harvey Weinstein is a serial predator and rapist.'
Filmmaker and founder of Hire Survivors Hollywood, Sarah Ann Masse , who said she was sexually assaulted by Weinstein, said the overturning of his conviction was 'a devastating but unsurprising miscarriage of justice' Justice James M. Burke, seen in a court sketch in 2020, was blamed for a 'crucial' mistake in Weinstein's New York trial
Judd, 56, previously alleged she thought she was attending a breakfast hotel meeting in 1997, while filming the thriller Kiss The Girls, when Weinstein began pressuring her to give and receive massages and to watch him shower. New York's Court of Appeals found the trial judge in the rape case prejudiced Weinstein with 'egregious' improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that Weinstein wasn't charged with.
On Thursday, American activist Burke, 50, addressed the court's decision at a press conference and said it was 'not a blow' to the #MeToo movement. Weinstein was jailed for 23 years over the New York attacks, but this latest court ruling has now overturned the convictions. Pictured: Weinstein in February 2020 arriving for trial at Manhattan Criminal Court'Many people, many survivors and those who love and support survivors probably thought that that original verdict meant that there was going to be a change, that it marked a change, marked a difference in how this justice system was going to move and operate', she said.
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