Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction has been overturned by the New York Supreme Court

According to Associated pressThe judge who oversaw the disgraced film producer’s infamous 2020 #MeToo trial had biased the trial with “inappropriate rulings” — including a decision to allow women to testify about allegations that were irrelevant to the present case.

“We conclude that the trial court improperly admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the court’s 4-3 decision said. “The remedy for these glaring errors is a new trial.”

“It is an abuse of judicial discretion to allow untested allegations of nothing more than bad conduct that destroys a suspect’s character but sheds no light on his credibility in relation to the criminal charges brought against him,” the court majority added.

Although the New York appeals court has ordered a new trial for Weinstein, it should be noted that the disgraced movie mogul will remain in prison due to a separate rape conviction in Los Angeles in 2022.