▲ 276 ▼ Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (3 children) He was convicted in civil court wasn’t he? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] auzy1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Convicted of RAPE in a civil court. Yes.. Useless (and, he tried to dodge that) He is convicted of Tax Fraud though. He's going to jail regardless.... And the uncertainty must be fucking with him. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trebach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago Yes, but civil court can't send people to prison. He dragged his feet on paying the judgment so he got hit with interest as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago The 34 felonies weren't in civil court. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Convicted of RAPE in a civil court. Yes.. Useless (and, he tried to dodge that) He is convicted of Tax Fraud though. He's going to jail regardless.... And the uncertainty must be fucking with him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trebach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago Yes, but civil court can't send people to prison. He dragged his feet on paying the judgment so he got hit with interest as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago The 34 felonies weren't in civil court. permalink fedilink source parent