What's next for Harvey Weinstein after New York conviction is overturned

The New York appeals court

overturned

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape

conviction

. The court says the trial judge should not have allowed prosecutors to call witnesses whose allegations were not part of the criminal complaint. The disgraced MOG movie, 72, will remain in prison since He is also serving time for another sexual assault

conviction

in Los Angeles last year. Manhattan. Da Alvin Bragg promises to retry the case in New York. We should know that Brag was not in office during the original prosecution, while Weinstein's lawyers say they saw this outcome coming. We knew that Harvey Weinstein didn't get a fair trial.

What the appeals court, the highest court in the largest state in the largest country, said today is that yes, no one is above the law, but no one is below the law either. D Duncan and Julie randelman is with us now J is a national correspondent for CBS News here with me at Studio 57 and Julie is a criminal defense attorney Julie, we're going to start with you, although we'll explain the rationale behind the appeals court decision and whether agree or not. I'll start by saying that this doesn't surprise me and I'll be frank with you. It comes as no surprise to many of the criminal defense attorneys, not just Daaz, whose names will remain anonymous.

I think we all were. anticipating that this case would be

overturned

and basically

what

they found was that all of the various acts that occurred in the sexual acts and the misconduct that occurred were outside of the actual crimes that he was charged with, that the judge were too far by allowing in each of that evidence and it actually became a question of propensity which is not allowed in a criminal trial and so they basically found that the judge went too far and they also found something equally significant in terms of The Sand Ofal ruling means that if Harvey Weinstein testified,

what

evidence of bad acts would have come in and they found that the judge's ruling in terms of all those bad acts that the prosecution would have been allowed to ask about was too much. damaging and basically prevented him from taking the stand and Julie, what you're saying is no different than what you and I were talking about this morning as soon as it broke down, I think for the rest of us who have followed this. this story, but maybe they're not as familiar with the ins and outs of it, it's a big shock to us right now, so can you talk about the importance of this case being overturned?

I think it's definitely significant for those who allege that Harvey Weinstein was abused. To them and the two women who were in this particular criminal case, we still have to hear more from them, but I want to read you some statements from the Silence Breakers, this is from a public relations company that represents, as they say, the survivors. Today's news is not only discouraging but deeply unfair, but this ru does not diminish the validity of our experiences or Our Truth. Another statement coming from the office of Douglas Wig Door, who also represented the women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, said today's decision is a big step backwards in holding those accountable for acts of sexual violence, but I spoke with Donna Runo, who was the lead attorney in that criminal case, not long ago, and she said this is a big victory for them, obviously because they believe there were errors in the way the judge, as you just heard, allowed some evidence and obviously Harvey Weinstein maintained his innocence throughout all of this, but what's really important for those who were saying why we're going so hard on this case to know is why those in the legal community who thought there might be some problems with New York They said, well, if there are problems with New York, you can still rely on what happens in Los Angeles, but what happened in Los Angeles could now be affected because you have a conviction that has been overturned.

That's according to Donna Runo, who said that when you look at the evidence now in Los Angeles, you have jurors that were looking at a man who was convicted and that's going to make a judgment on what they find and it's also important to note that in that case, it took jurors several days to reach the verdict and it was a mixed verdict, you know, they were split on some of those charges, so there's a lot more here, of course, and people are now wondering what's

next

for Harvey Weinstein. uh, to be announced, but I know it's been reported that he has to go to California, we're still waiting to get confirmation on that. uh, an important development in this story that has captivated the nation. uh let's continue to dive deeper into For now we want to thank Jica Duncan and Julie Rendelman.