'The sky is blue again': Weinstein's accusers express relief

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Last Updated : Feb 25 2020 | 1:04 PM IST

Actress Mira Sorvino broke down in tears as she described her reaction to the guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein: relief, that the fallen movie mogul would not go unpunished. A tinge of disappointment, that he was acquitted of the most serious charges, two counts of predatory sexual assault.

But most of all gratitude, to the six accusers who were brave enough to testify and the jurors who believed them.

Harvey Weinstein has haunted many of our lives, even our nightmares, long after he initially did what he did to each one of us, Sorvino said shortly after Monday's verdict, in an emotional phone call with reporters and fellow accusers. "We've finally taken that power back, we have exposed his evil," she said, her voice breaking.

"He will rot in jail as he deserves, and we will begin to have some closure, she said.

For accuser Zoe Brock, the relief was palpable: She'd expected the worst, she said from New Zealand, because for sexual assault victims, the worst keeps happening. Brock said she'd feared Weinstein would not only be totally acquitted, but that he'd make a comeback and he'd go to the Oscars and win again."

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First Published: Feb 25 2020 | 1:04 PM IST

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