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This is just the beginning for the #MeToo movement
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This is just the beginning for the #MeToo movement

By Lia delos Reyeson February 25, 2020
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It’s a great day for the #MeToo movement. After three years since the first allegations against him were made, Harvey Weinstein is convicted on Feb. 24 after the jury finds him “guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third degree rape.”

This all started three years ago with a New York Times article entitled “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades,” an investigative piece about the sexual allegations made against Weinstein.

According to BBC News, there are more women who spoke up about their own experience with Weinstein through the years—with most of them filing cases against him.  

On Feb. 18, the jury began with the deliberations. During this time, Judge James Burke warns lead defense lawyer Donna Rutunno to refrain from media interactions after her Newsweek opinion piece “drew the ire of prosecutors.”

After five days of deliberation, the jury has deemed Weinstein guilty of “sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping ex-actress Jessica Mann in 2013.” And although he’s acquitted of some charges, Weinstein is still looking at up to 25 years of jail time.

Weinstein is now trending on Twitter as more and more people are reacting to his conviction.

Because of the women who testified, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty and is sitting in Riker's today. Your courage gives hope to other Silence Breakers that by speaking up some measure of justice will be mete. Thank you 💛

— o l i v i a (@oliviamunn) February 24, 2020

Thank you to all the courageous women who spoke out and stood up to Harvey Weinstein. You are all heroines of our time.
💚💜💙💛

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 25, 2020

With the conviction of Harvey Weinstein, we can now turn the page on the me too era. Ladies, we are even now and I couldn’t be more excited for what lies ahead <3

— Adam Friedland (@AdamFriedland) February 25, 2020

It’s a great day for the #MeToo movement, which reached new heights when American actress Alyssa Milano shared her sexual assault story involving Weinstein.

I never thought I would see this in my lifetime. Many may not understand the bravery of these women to stand up for themselves. They were also standing up for me and every other women of my generation who was told that men were men. That's not ok.#MeToo

— Pamela Gruben (@GrubenPamela) February 24, 2020

The first domino to fall.#metoo

Male chauvinist pigs, your reign of terror is over. pic.twitter.com/A4yxy2XrIS

— ☮️✌🏼digimarxist doc sportello✌🏻☮️ (@thicc_sportello) February 24, 2020

It gives hope to those suffering from abuse, letting them know that they will be heard and justice will be served.  Let’s just hope power won’t ever be a reason why these people are acquitted of their crimes.

 

 

[BBC News]

Photo courtesy of A Través Del Arte’s Instagram account

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