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xc2215x@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 days ago

Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial opens with added allegations from a former model

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Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial opens with added allegations from a former model

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xc2215x@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 days ago
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NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo retrial opened Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations — plus a newly added claim from a former model. For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the […]
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    It’s so crazy that this asshole is up for his second criminal rape proceeding, having spent virtually no time in prison for his crimes.

    Meanwhile, we’ve got people getting snatched off the street and stuffed into an El Salvadorian prison sweetshop because of a minor traffic violation.

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      He’s been in prison for a few years?

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        Yes.

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          I wouldn’t call that “virtually no time”

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            You might if you wanted to believe it because it supports your broader narrative.

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      Many of the people getting snatched haven’t even committed a crime.

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