Oh, Harvey. “Still talking, still spinning, still claiming innocence”—even as a jury weighs the possibility of sending him back to prison for crimes he insists he never committed.
From a hospital bed at Manhattan’s Bellevue, the man once known as the most powerful producer in Hollywood is “once again” doing what he’s always done best: controlling the narrative. Or at least trying to.
In a phone interview with “Good Day New York’s” Rosanna Scotto, Weinstein offered a blend of regret and deflection that’s become eerily familiar over the years. “I acted immorally,” he admitted. “I hurt people… but never illegal, never criminal.”
It’s the kind of statement that sounds like accountability on the surface—until you dig a little deeper. Immoral? Sure. Hurtful? Definitely. But according to Weinstein, “not” criminal. That’s the hill he’s still clinging to, even as the walls of legal judgment close in again.
Let’s rewind a bit. Weinstein was convicted back in 2020 of a first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape in a New York court. He was sentenced to “23 years” in prison, a sentence that sent a shockwave through the entertainment industry and helped crystallize the cultural reckoning we now call #MeToo.
But this past April, that conviction was “overturned” by a New York appeals court due to procedural issues—specifically, the inclusion of testimony from women whose accusations were not directly tied to the charges. That legal technicality didn’t absolve him of guilt; it just reopened the door.
And now? He’s back on trial. Six weeks of testimony later, the jury is deliberating again. This time, the stakes feel eerily familiar—but so does Weinstein’s strategy: a plea to emotion, framed in carefully calculated remorse.
He’s “nervous,” he says. Who wouldn’t be? But while Weinstein lies in a hospital ward citing health problems, his accusers carry the weight of what they’ve endured across decades.
This isn’t just a retrial. It’s a referendum on whether power, influence, and a few softly worded regrets can overwrite the testimony of countless women and the societal shift they helped ignite.
Weinstein’s legacy—once gilded with Oscars—is now engraved in disgrace, and this moment could solidify whether it ends with a final legal reckoning or another twist in a saga that refuses to fade.
