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Harvey Weinstein (2020): Convicted for the second time
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Former US film producer Harvey Weinstein wants to take action against his renewed conviction for sex crimes.
Weinstein will appeal the guilty verdict, his spokesman Juda Engelmayer said.
A jury in Los Angeles found the 70-year-old guilty of rape and sexual assault on Monday.
The sentence is expected to be announced in early January.
Weinstein now faces several more years in prison in addition to a 23-year sentence handed down by a New York court two years ago.
However, his legal team has also appealed the verdict in the case.
A decision on this is still pending.
According to Variety, spokesman Engelmayer said that Weinstein was "obviously disappointed" about the current verdict - in which Weinstein was only found guilty in some of the accused cases.
He will take action against the verdict "to ultimately prove his innocence".
The Weinstein revelations sparked the #MeToo movement five years ago.
In total, almost 90 women accused Weinstein of harassment or sexual assault, including Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek.
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