‘The movement will persist’: Advocates stress Weinstein reversal doesn’t derail #MeToo reckoning
The Independent - 2024-04-26T04:42:25.000Z

Harvey Weinstein's accusers and their advocates were shocked and angered by an appellate court’s decision to overturn the ex-movie mogul’s 2020 rape conviction

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