The verdict was momentous; so too is the overturning of it. The decision by the New York Court of Appeals to overturn Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for the rape of young actress Jessica Mann, in a hotel room in Manhattan 11 years ago, and a sexual assault on a British production assistant has generated anguish for the women of the #MeToo movement.
It was the conviction of this colossus that sparked a generational change in the way women across the world responded to the casual assumption of many powerful men that sexual rights over their subordinates was one of the perks of the position.
