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Cause: During an all-girl bonding session at a youth camp, several girls in the room shared intimate stories about their lives. Some were the ordinary tales of teenage joys and anxieties, but others were quite painful.
Impact: I watched her put her “mask” back on her face and return to the world. And as I stood there, I couldn’t even bring myself to whisper the words circling my mind and soul: “me too”.

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Survivor and activist Tarana Burke founded the metoo movement to help survivors of sexual violence heal. Learn more about how metoo woke up the world.

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault.
This was never inevitable.

For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume. Only in recent years did the allegations gather the heft and momentum that culminated in this: a teeming courtroom in Manhattan, where a judge sentenced Weinstein to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse.

So what led to this?

While scores of women have accused Weinstein of crimes dating back decades - ranging from intimidation to rape - this timeline focuses on the incidents cited in criminal cases against him in Manhattan and, more recently, in Los Angeles, and the swell of popular momentum that helped drive prosecutors to press charges.

Timeline

Winter 1993-94: Weinstein allegedly rapes Annabella Sciorra

The actress, perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated work on The Sopranos, says Weinstein raped her at her Manhattan apartment after an industry dinner. She says the producer dropped her off, only to reappear at her door and force his way inside.

Sciorra's allegation went on to become the subject of pretrial arguments in Manhattan. While the alleged incident happened too long ago to be prosecuted under state law and while the defense team objected to its inclusion in the trial, her testimony will be heard anyway, in support of the charge of predatory sexual assault.

Summer 2004: Weinstein allegedly forces Lucia Evans to perform oral sex

The former aspiring actress told The New Yorker - in one of a pair of major stories that trained a national spotlight on the allegations - that Weinstein raped her in his office in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.

"He forced me to perform oral sex on him," Evans said, adding: "I said, over and over, 'I don't want to do this, stop, don't.' I tried to get away, but maybe I didn't try hard enough. I didn't want to kick him or fight him."

Her account led prosecutors to pursue a criminal sexual act charge against Weinstein, although it was dismissed in 2018. (More explanation on that later.)

July 10, 2006: Weinstein allegedly forces himself on Mimi Haleyi

Haleyi, a former production assistant at Weinstein's now-bankrupt production company, says that after inviting her to his New York City home, the producer ignored her objections, pulled out her tampon and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

"No woman should have to be subjected to this type of unacceptable abuse," she said in 2017. "Women have the right to say no. A 'no' is a 'no,' regardless of the circumstances - and I told Harvey 'no.' "

Haleyi's claim was included in a second round of charges against Weinstein.

Feb. 18-19, 2013: A pair of incidents in Los Angeles

Few details have been formally released about these alleged incidents, which recently prompted Los Angeles prosecutors to file four charges against Weinstein: one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.
March 18, 2013: Alleged rape in New York City
"On Feb. 18, 2013, Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room," the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey explained in early January. "The next evening, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel suite in Beverly Hills."

For a long time, even fewer details had been released about this allegation, which prompted two of the charges against Weinstein: first- and third-degree rape. Indeed, it was not until the trial's opening statements that prosecutors released the name of the alleged victim, Jessica Mann, and the details of her story.

Prosecutors said Mann, an aspiring actress, had attended several industry events with Weinstein and endured increasingly aggressive sexual advances - including one incident in which, similar to Haleyi, Mann says Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her.

But it was later, on March 18 - one month after the alleged incidents in LA - that Mann says she tried to confront Weinstein at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. There, he allegedly coaxed her up to his room, forced her to disrobe and ordered her onto the bed.
March 2015: New York DA decides not to prosecute allegation
"He got on top of her and he raped her, forcing his penis into her vagina," Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast told jurors on Wednesday. "Jessica just laid there. When he finished, he got off of her."

Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, a Filipina-Italian model, reported Weinstein to the New York Police Department for allegedly groping her during a meeting at his Tribeca office. She says that later, at the urging of police, she wore a recording device for an arranged meetup at a Manhattan hotel and that Weinstein admitted that he groped her and sought unsuccessfully to get her to come to his room.

However, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance decided not to pursue the case, saying at the time that "a criminal charge is not supported."
Oct. 5, 2017: The New York Times publishes allegations
Years later, after the publication of a New Yorker piece detailing Gutierrez's allegations, her story would become a focus of intense criticism leveled at Vance, whose office is now responsible for prosecuting the criminal trial. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo requested a review of the DA's 2015 decision, though it's not clear whether that was ever completed.

While rumors of sexual harassment and assault had long dogged Weinstein - even supplying punchlines at the Oscars - it wasn't until the Times and The New Yorker published exposés that the allegations found serious traction.

The Times' story, written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, focused on allegations by a series of assistants and actresses, such as Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.

Weinstein, in a statement released that same day, pledged to take a leave of absence and acknowledged that "I have a long way to go."
Oct. 14, 2017: Weinstein is expelled from the Academy March 19, 2018: The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
"I so respect all women and regret what happened," he said, without admitting wrongdoing.

Oct. 10, 2017: The New Yorker's website publishes more allegations

Published just days after the Times article, journalist Ronan Farrow's piece in the New Yorker focused on a slew of other accusations - including the allegation by Lucia Evans that had been included in and but was later dropped from the list of criminal charges Weinstein faces in New York.

In one of the first signs that the reaction to the Times and New Yorker reports represented a sea change, complete with real-world implications for Weinstein, the Hollywood producer is expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the influential organization responsible for the Oscars.

"We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues," the academy's 54-member Board of Governors explained in a statement after an emergency meeting, "but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over."

Buffeted by months of negative press, the production company that Weinstein founded with his brother, Bob, goes belly up. The company declares bankruptcy and sells "substantially all" of its assets to Lantern Capital Partners. It also voids the nondisclosure agreements it had reached with Weinstein's accusers.

May 25, 2018: Weinstein surrenders to police

The former producer arrives at the New York Police Department's 1st Precinct in Lower Manhattan, where he submits to arrest with droves of journalists looking on. It is Weinstein's first arrest in connection with the sexual assault allegations.

The same day, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. submits Weinstein's initial slate of charges: "The defendant is charged with Rape in the First and Third Degrees, as well as Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, for forcible sexual acts against two women in 2013 and 2004, respectively."

About a week and a half later, Weinstein pleads not guilty to the charges, which will change significantly as new information comes to light.

July 2, 2018: Additional charges against Weinstein announced

Manhattan DA Vance announces the filing of a superseding grand jury indictment, which adds charges connected with a third incident in 2006. The new slate includes one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree and two counts of predatory sexual assault, the most serious charge levied against Weinstein by New York City prosecutors.
Dec. 11, 2019: The Weinstein Company strikes tentative deal with alleged victims Jan. 6, 2020: Trial in New York City begins
Mimi Haleyi, who was involved in the alleged 2006 incident, had come forward with her story more than half a year earlier, saying that during her time working at The Weinstein Company, Weinstein orally forced himself on her in his New York City home.

Weinstein pleads not guilty to the new charges a week after they are announced.

Oct. 11, 2018: One charge against Weinstein is dismissed

Justice James Burke, the judge overseeing the Manhattan trial, dismissed one of the charges against the producer after it came to light that investigators didn't properly present certain information to the grand jury.

Lucia Evans told the grand jury - and the New Yorker - that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him. But an unidentified friend of hers had contradicted that account in an interview with a detective, saying Evans called it a consensual act in exchange for the promise of acting work.

Prosecutors acknowledged later that the detective "failed to inform" them of "important details" of the interview prior to Evans' grand jury testimony. Weinstein's legal team pushed to have the criminal sexual act charge dismissed as a result, and prosecutors did not object.
Feb. 24, 2020: Manhattan jury finds Weinstein guilty in mixed verdict
Weinstein and his now-bankrupt production company reach a tentative $47 million settlement to discharge their financial obligations. The deal contains $25 million earmarked for Weinstein's alleged victims, including more than 30 actresses and former employees. It does not, however, require an admission of wrongdoing or any personal payments from Weinstein.

It is not a done deal, though: A judge still needs to sign off on the agreement for it to become final. And previous attempts have fallen through.

Weinstein's trial formally opens in Manhattan, with more than two weeks devoted to selecting a jury. After roughly a year and a half of pretrial wrangling, the charges Weinstein faces are as follows:

Two counts of predatory sexual assault

One count of rape in the first degree (connected to the 2013 incident)

One count of rape in the third degree (2013 incident)

One count of criminal sexual act in the first degree (2006 incident)

March 11, 2020: Weinstein receives 23-year prison sentence
If convicted of the most serious crime on that list, predatory sexual assault, Weinstein faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Jan. 6, 2020: Los Angeles prosecutors announce charges of their own

The same day that his trial opens in Manhattan, Weinstein is hit with new legal woes from the other side of the U.S.: four felony counts of sexual assault, filed by Los Angeles County District Attorney Lacey. The charges are connected with incidents that allegedly happened at local hotels over two nights in February 2013.

"We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims," Lacey says, "and then commit violent crimes against them."

After about five days of deliberations, jurors convict the former producer of two of the five counts he faced - third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act - but acquit him of the most serious charges.

He does not visibly react as the verdict is read but, according to defense lawyer Arthur Aidala, repeatedly tells his attorneys afterward: "I'm innocent. ... I didn't rape anyone."

Of the two counts that stuck, the criminal sexual act is the more serious, carrying a sentence of at least five years in prison and potentially much longer.

After the hearing, Weinstein's path to the Rikers jail complex, where he is to await his sentencing, is rerouted to a nearby hospital after he experiences chest pains and high blood pressure. There, doctors place a stent in his heart before transferring him to the infirmary at Rikers.

The sentence handed down in a Manhattan courtroom includes 20 years for first-degree criminal sexual act and three years for third-degree rape - nearly the maximum allowed under New York state law.

Weinstein's victims "refused to be silent, and they were heard," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says in a statement after the sentencing hearing. "Their words took down a predator and put him behind bars, and gave hope to survivors of sexual violence all across the world."

Weinstein's legal team vows to appeal.

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The Harvey Weinstein Trial: A Brief Timeline Of How We Got Here

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault. This was never inevitable. For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume.

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Summary: Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room. Jackie Lacey explained earlier in the year, "The next evening, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel suite in Beverly Hills."

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault.
This was never inevitable.

For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume. Only in recent years did the allegations gather the heft and momentum that culminated in this: a teeming courtroom in Manhattan, where a judge sentenced Weinstein to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse.

So what led to this?

While scores of women have accused Weinstein of crimes dating back decades - ranging from intimidation to rape - this timeline focuses on the incidents cited in criminal cases against him in Manhattan and, more recently, in Los Angeles, and the swell of popular momentum that helped drive prosecutors to press charges.

Timeline

Winter 1993-94: Weinstein allegedly rapes Annabella Sciorra

The actress, perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated work on The Sopranos, says Weinstein raped her at her Manhattan apartment after an industry dinner. She says the producer dropped her off, only to reappear at her door and force his way inside.

Sciorra's allegation went on to become the subject of pretrial arguments in Manhattan. While the alleged incident happened too long ago to be prosecuted under state law and while the defense team objected to its inclusion in the trial, her testimony will be heard anyway, in support of the charge of predatory sexual assault.

Summer 2004: Weinstein allegedly forces Lucia Evans to perform oral sex

The former aspiring actress told The New Yorker - in one of a pair of major stories that trained a national spotlight on the allegations - that Weinstein raped her in his office in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.

"He forced me to perform oral sex on him," Evans said, adding: "I said, over and over, 'I don't want to do this, stop, don't.' I tried to get away, but maybe I didn't try hard enough. I didn't want to kick him or fight him."

Her account led prosecutors to pursue a criminal sexual act charge against Weinstein, although it was dismissed in 2018. (More explanation on that later.)

July 10, 2006: Weinstein allegedly forces himself on Mimi Haleyi

Haleyi, a former production assistant at Weinstein's now-bankrupt production company, says that after inviting her to his New York City home, the producer ignored her objections, pulled out her tampon and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

"No woman should have to be subjected to this type of unacceptable abuse," she said in 2017. "Women have the right to say no. A 'no' is a 'no,' regardless of the circumstances - and I told Harvey 'no.' "

Haleyi's claim was included in a second round of charges against Weinstein.

Feb. 18-19, 2013: A pair of incidents in Los Angeles

Few details have been formally released about these alleged incidents, which recently prompted Los Angeles prosecutors to file four charges against Weinstein: one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.
March 18, 2013: Alleged rape in New York City
"On Feb. 18, 2013, Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room," the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey explained in early January. "The next evening, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel suite in Beverly Hills."

For a long time, even fewer details had been released about this allegation, which prompted two of the charges against Weinstein: first- and third-degree rape. Indeed, it was not until the trial's opening statements that prosecutors released the name of the alleged victim, Jessica Mann, and the details of her story.

Prosecutors said Mann, an aspiring actress, had attended several industry events with Weinstein and endured increasingly aggressive sexual advances - including one incident in which, similar to Haleyi, Mann says Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her.

But it was later, on March 18 - one month after the alleged incidents in LA - that Mann says she tried to confront Weinstein at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. There, he allegedly coaxed her up to his room, forced her to disrobe and ordered her onto the bed.
March 2015: New York DA decides not to prosecute allegation
"He got on top of her and he raped her, forcing his penis into her vagina," Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast told jurors on Wednesday. "Jessica just laid there. When he finished, he got off of her."

Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, a Filipina-Italian model, reported Weinstein to the New York Police Department for allegedly groping her during a meeting at his Tribeca office. She says that later, at the urging of police, she wore a recording device for an arranged meetup at a Manhattan hotel and that Weinstein admitted that he groped her and sought unsuccessfully to get her to come to his room.

However, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance decided not to pursue the case, saying at the time that "a criminal charge is not supported."
Oct. 5, 2017: The New York Times publishes allegations
Years later, after the publication of a New Yorker piece detailing Gutierrez's allegations, her story would become a focus of intense criticism leveled at Vance, whose office is now responsible for prosecuting the criminal trial. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo requested a review of the DA's 2015 decision, though it's not clear whether that was ever completed.

While rumors of sexual harassment and assault had long dogged Weinstein - even supplying punchlines at the Oscars - it wasn't until the Times and The New Yorker published exposés that the allegations found serious traction.

The Times' story, written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, focused on allegations by a series of assistants and actresses, such as Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.

Weinstein, in a statement released that same day, pledged to take a leave of absence and acknowledged that "I have a long way to go."
Oct. 14, 2017: Weinstein is expelled from the Academy March 19, 2018: The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
"I so respect all women and regret what happened," he said, without admitting wrongdoing.

Oct. 10, 2017: The New Yorker's website publishes more allegations

Published just days after the Times article, journalist Ronan Farrow's piece in the New Yorker focused on a slew of other accusations - including the allegation by Lucia Evans that had been included in and but was later dropped from the list of criminal charges Weinstein faces in New York.

In one of the first signs that the reaction to the Times and New Yorker reports represented a sea change, complete with real-world implications for Weinstein, the Hollywood producer is expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the influential organization responsible for the Oscars.

"We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues," the academy's 54-member Board of Governors explained in a statement after an emergency meeting, "but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over."

Buffeted by months of negative press, the production company that Weinstein founded with his brother, Bob, goes belly up. The company declares bankruptcy and sells "substantially all" of its assets to Lantern Capital Partners. It also voids the nondisclosure agreements it had reached with Weinstein's accusers.

May 25, 2018: Weinstein surrenders to police

The former producer arrives at the New York Police Department's 1st Precinct in Lower Manhattan, where he submits to arrest with droves of journalists looking on. It is Weinstein's first arrest in connection with the sexual assault allegations.

The same day, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. submits Weinstein's initial slate of charges: "The defendant is charged with Rape in the First and Third Degrees, as well as Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, for forcible sexual acts against two women in 2013 and 2004, respectively."

About a week and a half later, Weinstein pleads not guilty to the charges, which will change significantly as new information comes to light.

July 2, 2018: Additional charges against Weinstein announced

Manhattan DA Vance announces the filing of a superseding grand jury indictment, which adds charges connected with a third incident in 2006. The new slate includes one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree and two counts of predatory sexual assault, the most serious charge levied against Weinstein by New York City prosecutors.
Dec. 11, 2019: The Weinstein Company strikes tentative deal with alleged victims Jan. 6, 2020: Trial in New York City begins
Mimi Haleyi, who was involved in the alleged 2006 incident, had come forward with her story more than half a year earlier, saying that during her time working at The Weinstein Company, Weinstein orally forced himself on her in his New York City home.

Weinstein pleads not guilty to the new charges a week after they are announced.

Oct. 11, 2018: One charge against Weinstein is dismissed

Justice James Burke, the judge overseeing the Manhattan trial, dismissed one of the charges against the producer after it came to light that investigators didn't properly present certain information to the grand jury.

Lucia Evans told the grand jury - and the New Yorker - that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him. But an unidentified friend of hers had contradicted that account in an interview with a detective, saying Evans called it a consensual act in exchange for the promise of acting work.

Prosecutors acknowledged later that the detective "failed to inform" them of "important details" of the interview prior to Evans' grand jury testimony. Weinstein's legal team pushed to have the criminal sexual act charge dismissed as a result, and prosecutors did not object.
Feb. 24, 2020: Manhattan jury finds Weinstein guilty in mixed verdict
Weinstein and his now-bankrupt production company reach a tentative $47 million settlement to discharge their financial obligations. The deal contains $25 million earmarked for Weinstein's alleged victims, including more than 30 actresses and former employees. It does not, however, require an admission of wrongdoing or any personal payments from Weinstein.

It is not a done deal, though: A judge still needs to sign off on the agreement for it to become final. And previous attempts have fallen through.

Weinstein's trial formally opens in Manhattan, with more than two weeks devoted to selecting a jury. After roughly a year and a half of pretrial wrangling, the charges Weinstein faces are as follows:

Two counts of predatory sexual assault

One count of rape in the first degree (connected to the 2013 incident)

One count of rape in the third degree (2013 incident)

One count of criminal sexual act in the first degree (2006 incident)

March 11, 2020: Weinstein receives 23-year prison sentence
If convicted of the most serious crime on that list, predatory sexual assault, Weinstein faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Jan. 6, 2020: Los Angeles prosecutors announce charges of their own

The same day that his trial opens in Manhattan, Weinstein is hit with new legal woes from the other side of the U.S.: four felony counts of sexual assault, filed by Los Angeles County District Attorney Lacey. The charges are connected with incidents that allegedly happened at local hotels over two nights in February 2013.

"We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims," Lacey says, "and then commit violent crimes against them."

After about five days of deliberations, jurors convict the former producer of two of the five counts he faced - third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act - but acquit him of the most serious charges.

He does not visibly react as the verdict is read but, according to defense lawyer Arthur Aidala, repeatedly tells his attorneys afterward: "I'm innocent. ... I didn't rape anyone."

Of the two counts that stuck, the criminal sexual act is the more serious, carrying a sentence of at least five years in prison and potentially much longer.

After the hearing, Weinstein's path to the Rikers jail complex, where he is to await his sentencing, is rerouted to a nearby hospital after he experiences chest pains and high blood pressure. There, doctors place a stent in his heart before transferring him to the infirmary at Rikers.

The sentence handed down in a Manhattan courtroom includes 20 years for first-degree criminal sexual act and three years for third-degree rape - nearly the maximum allowed under New York state law.

Weinstein's victims "refused to be silent, and they were heard," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says in a statement after the sentencing hearing. "Their words took down a predator and put him behind bars, and gave hope to survivors of sexual violence all across the world."

Weinstein's legal team vows to appeal.

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The Harvey Weinstein Trial: A Brief Timeline Of How We Got Here

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault. This was never inevitable. For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume.

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March 2015 New York DA decides not to prosecute allegation

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault.
This was never inevitable.

For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume. Only in recent years did the allegations gather the heft and momentum that culminated in this: a teeming courtroom in Manhattan, where a judge sentenced Weinstein to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse.

So what led to this?

While scores of women have accused Weinstein of crimes dating back decades - ranging from intimidation to rape - this timeline focuses on the incidents cited in criminal cases against him in Manhattan and, more recently, in Los Angeles, and the swell of popular momentum that helped drive prosecutors to press charges.

Timeline

Winter 1993-94: Weinstein allegedly rapes Annabella Sciorra

The actress, perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated work on The Sopranos, says Weinstein raped her at her Manhattan apartment after an industry dinner. She says the producer dropped her off, only to reappear at her door and force his way inside.

Sciorra's allegation went on to become the subject of pretrial arguments in Manhattan. While the alleged incident happened too long ago to be prosecuted under state law and while the defense team objected to its inclusion in the trial, her testimony will be heard anyway, in support of the charge of predatory sexual assault.

Summer 2004: Weinstein allegedly forces Lucia Evans to perform oral sex

The former aspiring actress told The New Yorker - in one of a pair of major stories that trained a national spotlight on the allegations - that Weinstein raped her in his office in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood.

"He forced me to perform oral sex on him," Evans said, adding: "I said, over and over, 'I don't want to do this, stop, don't.' I tried to get away, but maybe I didn't try hard enough. I didn't want to kick him or fight him."

Her account led prosecutors to pursue a criminal sexual act charge against Weinstein, although it was dismissed in 2018. (More explanation on that later.)

July 10, 2006: Weinstein allegedly forces himself on Mimi Haleyi

Haleyi, a former production assistant at Weinstein's now-bankrupt production company, says that after inviting her to his New York City home, the producer ignored her objections, pulled out her tampon and forcibly performed oral sex on her.

"No woman should have to be subjected to this type of unacceptable abuse," she said in 2017. "Women have the right to say no. A 'no' is a 'no,' regardless of the circumstances - and I told Harvey 'no.' "

Haleyi's claim was included in a second round of charges against Weinstein.

Feb. 18-19, 2013: A pair of incidents in Los Angeles

Few details have been formally released about these alleged incidents, which recently prompted Los Angeles prosecutors to file four charges against Weinstein: one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.
March 18, 2013: Alleged rape in New York City
"On Feb. 18, 2013, Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room," the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey explained in early January. "The next evening, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel suite in Beverly Hills."

For a long time, even fewer details had been released about this allegation, which prompted two of the charges against Weinstein: first- and third-degree rape. Indeed, it was not until the trial's opening statements that prosecutors released the name of the alleged victim, Jessica Mann, and the details of her story.

Prosecutors said Mann, an aspiring actress, had attended several industry events with Weinstein and endured increasingly aggressive sexual advances - including one incident in which, similar to Haleyi, Mann says Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her.

But it was later, on March 18 - one month after the alleged incidents in LA - that Mann says she tried to confront Weinstein at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. There, he allegedly coaxed her up to his room, forced her to disrobe and ordered her onto the bed.
March 2015: New York DA decides not to prosecute allegation
"He got on top of her and he raped her, forcing his penis into her vagina," Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast told jurors on Wednesday. "Jessica just laid there. When he finished, he got off of her."

Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, a Filipina-Italian model, reported Weinstein to the New York Police Department for allegedly groping her during a meeting at his Tribeca office. She says that later, at the urging of police, she wore a recording device for an arranged meetup at a Manhattan hotel and that Weinstein admitted that he groped her and sought unsuccessfully to get her to come to his room.

However, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance decided not to pursue the case, saying at the time that "a criminal charge is not supported."
Oct. 5, 2017: The New York Times publishes allegations
Years later, after the publication of a New Yorker piece detailing Gutierrez's allegations, her story would become a focus of intense criticism leveled at Vance, whose office is now responsible for prosecuting the criminal trial. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo requested a review of the DA's 2015 decision, though it's not clear whether that was ever completed.

While rumors of sexual harassment and assault had long dogged Weinstein - even supplying punchlines at the Oscars - it wasn't until the Times and The New Yorker published exposés that the allegations found serious traction.

The Times' story, written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, focused on allegations by a series of assistants and actresses, such as Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan.

Weinstein, in a statement released that same day, pledged to take a leave of absence and acknowledged that "I have a long way to go."
Oct. 14, 2017: Weinstein is expelled from the Academy March 19, 2018: The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
"I so respect all women and regret what happened," he said, without admitting wrongdoing.

Oct. 10, 2017: The New Yorker's website publishes more allegations

Published just days after the Times article, journalist Ronan Farrow's piece in the New Yorker focused on a slew of other accusations - including the allegation by Lucia Evans that had been included in and but was later dropped from the list of criminal charges Weinstein faces in New York.

In one of the first signs that the reaction to the Times and New Yorker reports represented a sea change, complete with real-world implications for Weinstein, the Hollywood producer is expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the influential organization responsible for the Oscars.

"We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues," the academy's 54-member Board of Governors explained in a statement after an emergency meeting, "but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over."

Buffeted by months of negative press, the production company that Weinstein founded with his brother, Bob, goes belly up. The company declares bankruptcy and sells "substantially all" of its assets to Lantern Capital Partners. It also voids the nondisclosure agreements it had reached with Weinstein's accusers.

May 25, 2018: Weinstein surrenders to police

The former producer arrives at the New York Police Department's 1st Precinct in Lower Manhattan, where he submits to arrest with droves of journalists looking on. It is Weinstein's first arrest in connection with the sexual assault allegations.

The same day, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. submits Weinstein's initial slate of charges: "The defendant is charged with Rape in the First and Third Degrees, as well as Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, for forcible sexual acts against two women in 2013 and 2004, respectively."

About a week and a half later, Weinstein pleads not guilty to the charges, which will change significantly as new information comes to light.

July 2, 2018: Additional charges against Weinstein announced

Manhattan DA Vance announces the filing of a superseding grand jury indictment, which adds charges connected with a third incident in 2006. The new slate includes one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree and two counts of predatory sexual assault, the most serious charge levied against Weinstein by New York City prosecutors.
Dec. 11, 2019: The Weinstein Company strikes tentative deal with alleged victims Jan. 6, 2020: Trial in New York City begins
Mimi Haleyi, who was involved in the alleged 2006 incident, had come forward with her story more than half a year earlier, saying that during her time working at The Weinstein Company, Weinstein orally forced himself on her in his New York City home.

Weinstein pleads not guilty to the new charges a week after they are announced.

Oct. 11, 2018: One charge against Weinstein is dismissed

Justice James Burke, the judge overseeing the Manhattan trial, dismissed one of the charges against the producer after it came to light that investigators didn't properly present certain information to the grand jury.

Lucia Evans told the grand jury - and the New Yorker - that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him. But an unidentified friend of hers had contradicted that account in an interview with a detective, saying Evans called it a consensual act in exchange for the promise of acting work.

Prosecutors acknowledged later that the detective "failed to inform" them of "important details" of the interview prior to Evans' grand jury testimony. Weinstein's legal team pushed to have the criminal sexual act charge dismissed as a result, and prosecutors did not object.
Feb. 24, 2020: Manhattan jury finds Weinstein guilty in mixed verdict
Weinstein and his now-bankrupt production company reach a tentative $47 million settlement to discharge their financial obligations. The deal contains $25 million earmarked for Weinstein's alleged victims, including more than 30 actresses and former employees. It does not, however, require an admission of wrongdoing or any personal payments from Weinstein.

It is not a done deal, though: A judge still needs to sign off on the agreement for it to become final. And previous attempts have fallen through.

Weinstein's trial formally opens in Manhattan, with more than two weeks devoted to selecting a jury. After roughly a year and a half of pretrial wrangling, the charges Weinstein faces are as follows:

Two counts of predatory sexual assault

One count of rape in the first degree (connected to the 2013 incident)

One count of rape in the third degree (2013 incident)

One count of criminal sexual act in the first degree (2006 incident)

March 11, 2020: Weinstein receives 23-year prison sentence
If convicted of the most serious crime on that list, predatory sexual assault, Weinstein faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Jan. 6, 2020: Los Angeles prosecutors announce charges of their own

The same day that his trial opens in Manhattan, Weinstein is hit with new legal woes from the other side of the U.S.: four felony counts of sexual assault, filed by Los Angeles County District Attorney Lacey. The charges are connected with incidents that allegedly happened at local hotels over two nights in February 2013.

"We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims," Lacey says, "and then commit violent crimes against them."

After about five days of deliberations, jurors convict the former producer of two of the five counts he faced - third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act - but acquit him of the most serious charges.

He does not visibly react as the verdict is read but, according to defense lawyer Arthur Aidala, repeatedly tells his attorneys afterward: "I'm innocent. ... I didn't rape anyone."

Of the two counts that stuck, the criminal sexual act is the more serious, carrying a sentence of at least five years in prison and potentially much longer.

After the hearing, Weinstein's path to the Rikers jail complex, where he is to await his sentencing, is rerouted to a nearby hospital after he experiences chest pains and high blood pressure. There, doctors place a stent in his heart before transferring him to the infirmary at Rikers.

The sentence handed down in a Manhattan courtroom includes 20 years for first-degree criminal sexual act and three years for third-degree rape - nearly the maximum allowed under New York state law.

Weinstein's victims "refused to be silent, and they were heard," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says in a statement after the sentencing hearing. "Their words took down a predator and put him behind bars, and gave hope to survivors of sexual violence all across the world."

Weinstein's legal team vows to appeal.

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The Harvey Weinstein Trial: A Brief Timeline Of How We Got Here

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Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET on March 11 Editor's note: This report includes descriptions of sexual assault. This was never inevitable. For much of Harvey Weinstein's career, dark rumors of sexual assault and harassment tailed the Hollywood megaproducer. But they were rarely spoken with much volume.

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October 15,  2017 Alyssa Milano's #metoo Tweet 

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Summary: On October 15, 2017,  Alyssa Milano tweeted “If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet."

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Media coverage of health and science topics The Los Angeles Times If the eyes are a window to the soul, then surely Google searchers are a window into our thoughts. And since actress Alyssa Milano kicked off the #MeToo movement with a single tweet in October 2017, Americans have been thinking quite a lot about sexual harassment and sexual assault.

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July 31, 2018 #meToo Has Changed Our Culture. Now It’s Changing Our Laws.

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July 31, 2018 #meToo Has Changed Our Culture. Now It’s Changing Our Laws.

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Summary: Some states have placed limits on non disclosure agreements (NDAs). Legislators also have cited the #MeToo movement in passing legislation to improve the testing of rape kits and to extend the statute of limitations for victims who want to file civil lawsuits against their abusers. And nearly every legislature in the county has reexamined its own policies for dealing with workplace harassment.

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November 22, 2018 Sexual Harassment Through the Lens of Economics

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November 22, 2018 Sexual Harassment Through the Lens of Economics

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Summary: Women make up half the world’s working age population but do not have the capital, agency, and opportunities they need to achieve their full economic potential. As a result, the global economy suffers. It is necessary to illuminate the economic dimensions of the social problem of sexual harassment that was mostly under the radar till recently. Funding needs to be directed towards social scientists studying the scope of the problem and its costs to society. The #MeToo movement pushed the needle forward but the momentum needs to continue to build.

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Sexual Harassment Through the Lens of Economics
Workers across the socioeconomic spectrum are sexually abused in exchange for the privilege of earning a living. This problem permeates all industries but is particularly incident on blue collar workers who fear blacklisting if they report misconduct. It is aggravated in the status quo because of the lack of clear pathways for addressing abuse in the gig economy. Sexual harassment cases are hard to win because of the subjectivity of what constitutes a "hostile work environment" and victims are afraid to come forward as they anticipate intimidation and defamation lawsuits. The average wait time for a complaint addressed to the EEOC was 295 days in 2017 and the current political climate is likely to aggravate these existing systematic problems as the EEOC's budget is expected to decrease.
Economic Ramifications of the #MeToo Movement
The #MeToo movement has spurred the creation of a legal defense fund by Time's Up, a movement against sexual harassment founded by Hollywood celebrities, to finance the legal costs of victims of workplace sexual harassment. It prompted Washington to bar employers from pursuing mandatory non-disclosure agreements for employees, which stops them from speaking out publicly about their experiences for fear of legal repercussions. #MeToo bills are being proposed, including those that ban the use of forced arbitration clauses in contracts and, thereby, waive employee's rights to take their employer to court over disputes. Furthermore, the movement and revelations of child abuse in Catholic churches in America have driven discourse about extending or ending the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases.
Economics of Consent
The effect of the power dynamic is reinforced by the media, where accusers of high-profile individuals are branded in society. Whistleblowers are penalized with career stagnation and marginalization.

Female workers face barriers to reporting abuse because the predominantly white male leadership of unions put an emphasis on protecting male workers alleged to be harassers. Oftentimes, the union representatives themselves are harassers and afford no protections to the victims.
Ways Out
Researchers suggest that obtaining a gender balance in the office is crucial to combating sexual harassment, so firms should be encouraged to hire and promote more women. According to Belle Rose Ragins , a professor at the Lubar School of Business, "Mentoring relationships are the chisels which help women break the glass ceiling." Incentives should be put into place to encourage employers to extend such opportunities to women. By leveling the playing field between men and women at work, 28 trillion dollars would be added to the global GDP by 2025.

The next step would be to improve reporting systems to put the burden on abusers rather than the victims and address the systemic barriers that disincentivize victims from reporting. Legal inequalities impede women's access to capital and entrepreneurship. Updating the legal protections afforded to vulnerable groups is paramount to increasing the accountability for sexual harassment across class dimensions. Accountability of boards to the marketplace can be increased by disclosing settlements made in sexual harassment cases to the public. Additionally, according to the severity of infractions, women should be offered services to help them recover from the long-term effects of sexual harassment.
Conclusion
Women make up half the world's working age population but do not have the capital, agency, and opportunities they need to achieve their full economic potential. As a result, the global economy suffers. It is necessary to illuminate the economic dimensions of the social problem of sexual harassment that was mostly under the radar till recently. Funding needs to be directed towards social scientists studying the scope of the problem and its costs to society. The #MeToo movement pushed the needle forward but the momentum needs to continue to build.

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Sexual Harassment Through the Lens of Economics Workers across the socioeconomic spectrum are sexually abused in exchange for the privilege of earning a living. This problem permeates all industries but is particularly incident on blue collar workers who fear blacklisting if they report misconduct.

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Impact report #metoo September 9th, 2019

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Summary: The #metoo movement has made an impact on many people women and men. ‘me too’ is about healing for survivors, supporting survivors as leaders and centering them as organizers in community healing.

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World report 2020: Two years After #metoo Erupts, A New Treaty Anchors Workplace Shifts.  

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Impact: #MeToo helped expose the endemic abuses that women face in the workplace. 2020 should see the start of the structural reforms needed to end violence and harassment at work for them, and all workers, on a global scale.

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In 2020 you should be watching out for... workplace changes that pick up the baton of the #MeToo movement.

It's been over two years since the #MeToo movement erupted, exposing-amid shared stories of abuse from women of all ages, nationalities, and social and economic backgrounds-endemic workplace harassment and abuse. It also revealed the systemic failure to stop it.

For 2020 and beyond, we have a new standard to which we can hold governments and employers around the world accountable for sexual harassment and violence against workers. Fueled by the outpouring of experiences that women articulated in the wake of #MeToo, a new treaty has huge positive potential, not just for women in the workplace, but for all workers.

The 2019 International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on Violence and Harassment at Work-which 439 out of 476 governments, employers, and workers from around the world voted to adopt in June at the United Nations in Geneva-sets out key measures to tackle the scourge of harassment at work. These include the adoption of national laws prohibiting workplace violence and taking preventive measures, as well as requiring employers to have workplace policies on violence. The treaty also obligates governments to provide access to remedies through complaint mechanisms, victim services, and to provide measures to protect victims and whistleblowers from retaliation.

The ratification process is just beginning, with at least 10 countries signaling willingness to ratify the new treaty, including Argentina, Belgium, France, Iceland, Ireland, Namibia, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, and Uruguay. With public support and pressure, more are expected to follow suit. We can also expect countries to undertake national reforms even where they do not ratify the treaty.

Workplace sexual harassment isn't inevitable. It flourishes when governments and employers fail to prevent it, protect survivors, and punish abusers. A 2018 World Bank report found that 59 out of 189 economies-including Guatemala, Iran, and Japan-had no specific legal provisions prohibiting sexual harassment in employment. And the ILO has found that existing laws often exclude those workers most exposed to violence, such as domestic workers, farmworkers, and those in precarious employment. For instance, I have interviewed hundreds of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East, many of whom described being beaten or sexually harassed and assaulted by their employers. They are more at risk of such violence because they are usually excluded from labor laws, and their visas are tied to their employers whom they cannot leave or change jobs without their permission.

So, what do we hope to change as a result?
New national legislation, reforms to existing laws, and increased commitment to implementation.
States should ban violence and harassment, including gender-based violence, at work in their laws and policies. They can mount prevention campaigns, conduct inspections and investigations, and provide ways for victims to make complaints and get remedies, including compensation. They should also protect whistleblowers and victims from retaliation.

Crucially, states should also ensure that employers have workplace policies addressing violence and harassment, with risk assessments, prevention measures and training.
Added momentum to public debates around the issue through information campaigns and examples of successful investigations and remedies.
Having good examples of how to fight workplace violence can have a ripple effect. Governments can work with employers and worker organizations to develop information campaigns that can reach the public most widely, as well as specific campaigns to highlight how violence and harassment will not be tolerated, how it can be reported, and what will be done about it. Effective and accessible complaints procedures, successful investigations by employers or authorities, as well as sanctions against the abuser or their employer, and remedies for victims will encourage more women to come forward and help deter abuse.

For instance, while clothing brands or factories often bring in social auditors to examine factory working conditions, social audits primarily rely on in-factory interviews with workers who may fear retaliation, often leaving them ineffective for detecting workplace sexual harassment. In contrast, women workers who speak outside factory premises feel less anxious about retaliation. The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an international labor rights group, found evidence of sexual harassment in three factories in Lesotho after conducting off-site interviews with workers. All three factories had been using routine social audits by third parties.

Following this, the factory management signed legally binding agreements with the unions and three brands, committing to implement a program designed by factory unions and two prominent local women's rights organizations. It includes creating an independent investigation body to look into complaints of sexual harassment, anti-retaliation protections, and provides that factories' policies against gender-based violence and harassment also apply to its suppliers and third-party contractors.
Attention to the most invisible-and most precarious-sectors who are out of the media spotlight, but who face the most pervasive workplace abuses.
Workplace violence is not limited to paid workers. Protections against violence should also include people who are often at greater risk: volunteers, interns, job applicants, and job seekers. Dangling the possibility of a job in return for sex to someone looking for a job is known as quid pro quo; many women have highlighted how often this happens. Companies should investigate and sanction such behavior. In December 2019, activists in Japan called on the government, companies, and universities to stamp out sexual harassment of job-hunting students.

Global trade unions, motivated by the adoption of this new treaty, are planning national campaigns to support ratification. These campaigns will highlight the abuses faced in numerous sectors that have been out of the spotlight. For instance, the market traders organizing themselves in Uganda's capital Kampala to stop harassment, and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) launched a global campaign in May 2018 to press the world's largest hotel company, Marriott, to sign a global framework agreement to protect its workers from sexual harassment across all Marriott hotels globally. Coming off protests at Marriott hotels worldwide including an event at the International Labour Conference, Marriott did not heed calls to negotiate such a global accord but instead announced in September 2018 that it would continue to roll out alert devices, commonly known as "panic buttons," for their workers across North America in 2020.

In contrast, in January of 2019 the IUF successfully negotiated the first global agreement on sexual harassment in the hotel sector with the Spanish multi-national hotel chain Meliá, and in September 2019, the IUF successfully negotiated an agreement with the French multi-national hotel chain AccorInvest on measures to combat sexual harassment at work, including disseminating detailed information relating to the zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment.

States should also identify sectors of work and work arrangements that leave workers more vulnerable to violence and harassment. Domestic workers, garment workers-most of them women-and those in precarious employment, like short-term contracts and the increasing gig-economy, can easily become prey to abuse. An employer can put in place complaint mechanisms but making a complaint should not mean the end of their job or career. Tackling these structural issues so that all such workers are protected will be important.
Recognition that harassment by or against third parties and workers is a workplace safety issue too.
Governments and employers should also address third parties who harass or are harassed. They are the patients that abuse or face abuse by medical staff; the customers and the service staff; the teachers and their students. According to a 2018 survey by the National Association of Schoolmasters / Union of Women Teachers body (NASUWT) in the UK, one in five of their members said they had been sexually harassed at school by a colleague, manager, parent or pupil since becoming a teacher. Safety at work is not just threatened by colleagues or managers, but by the people with whom we interact with for the purpose of work.

#MeToo helped expose the endemic abuses that women face in the workplace. 2020 should see the start of the structural reforms needed to end violence and harassment at work for them, and all workers, on a global scale.

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World Report 2020: Rights Trends in Two Years After #MeToo Erupts, A New Treaty Anchors Workplace Shifts

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Impact: By providing funding and other resources, Global Fund for Women aims to support the ‘me too.’ global movement in becoming a well-resourced global ecosystem that works to end SGBV and make healing and actionable support systems available to survivors.

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