Harvey Weinstein guilty on 2 counts, cleared of most serious charges

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act on Monday but a jury cleared him of more serious charges of predatory sexual assault. They also cleared him of rape in the first degree.

The jury of seven men and five women returned the verdict in a Manhattan courtroom after more than four days of deliberation. The high-profile trial got underway with opening statements on January 22.

Weinstein's bail was revoked and he was taken into custody.

He was taken from the courthouse in an ambulance that brought him to Bellevue Hospital, reports CBS New York. Weinstein's next stop will be the infirmary at the city's Rikers Island jail complex since the defense argued he's been under the care of five doctors and had unsuccessful back surgery, the station adds.

Weinstein defense attorney Donna Rotunno told Fox News Weinstein was being checked for heart palpitations and high blood pressure, The Associated Press reports. "He's O.K," she added.

Weinstein could face up to 29 years in prison when he's sentenced on March 11. He had been free on bail since his arrest nearly two years ago.

Weinstein, 67, had a look of resignation as the verdict came in, and was seen talking to his lawyers shortly after.  His attorneys said he was "shocked" by the verdict. Defense attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein told his legal team: "I'm innocent. I'm innocent. I'm innocent. How could this happen in America?"

But attorney Gloria Allred, who represents some of his accusers, said it should not have come as a surprise to him.

"Harvey Weinstein will now have to finally face the serious consequences of his criminal behavior" at the sentencing, Allred said.

She said Weinstein's attorneys attempted to discredit the women, but they "will not be silenced."

Jurors heard harrowing and at times emotional testimony from six of Weinstein's accusers, including aspiring actress Jessica Mann, who accused him of raping her in a New York hotel room in 2013.

He was cleared of rape in the first degree in Mann's case — a charge which involves the use of force or the threat of it — but was convicted of rape in the third degree, which means having sex with a person without their consent. The conviction carries a possible sentence of four years.

After the verdict, jury foreman Bernard Cody was asked by the Associated Press how the deliberations were for him personally. He responded: "Devastating." He did not elaborate.

During tearful testimony, Mann described a "degrading" relationship and sometimes forced sexual encounters with Weinstein when she was an aspiring actress in her 20s. Mann told jurors that Weinstein trapped her in a New York hotel room in March 2013 and angrily ordered her to undress as he loomed over her, and then raped her.

Haley said Weinstein had sent a car to pick her up for what she thought would be a friendly meeting about her career in 2006. The two were having a "normal conversation," she said, when Weinstein lunged at her and tried to kiss her.

Haley said she rejected Weinstein's advances, got up from the sofa and started backing away. But she said Weinstein pushed her into a bedroom, pinned her to a bed and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

Haley said she tried to resist, telling him she was menstruating and yelling "No, no, no."

"I did reject him, but he insisted," said Haley. "Every time I tried to get off the bed he would push me back and hold me down."

Weinstein is also expected to face sexual assault charges in Los Angeles, but the timing of that case remains unclear.

Clarification: This article has been updated to clarify that Weinstein was convicted of committing a criminal sex act. The spelling of Miriam Haley's last name was also updated; it was spelled Haleyi in some of the court transcripts.

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