What exactly did Harvey Weinstein do to be convicted of rape in the third degree?
<p>If a man puts gun to a woman's head to force her to engage in sex, that's rape in first degree.</p>
<p>So what is rape in the third degree?</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_cases#Sexual_harassment_or_assault" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_cases#Sexual_harassment_or_assault</a></p>
<p>Why exactly was Harvey Weinstein convicted of third-degree rape?</p>
<p>I do not see any detail anywhere. He is convicted of third degree rape and that's it. What exactly that he did that the jury think truly happen that cause his conviction? We'd never know.</p>
<p>For example, some argue that all penetrative acts, or all prostitution, as non consensual, for example.  In US, for example, you can't hire a girl to be both personal assistant and sugar baby.  So saying that third degree rape happens if the sex is not consensual don't really add much.</p>
<p>It'll be pretty helpful if anyone can have a sample, like in Harvey's case, of what exactly he did that results in his conviction? Did he offer money? Fame? Promotion? Does that count as non consensual?</p>

<p>He was indicted on many charges including 1st degree rape. So your question is why the jury returned the specific verdict, and did not convict on all charges. There is no record of the jury deliberations, so the best we can conjecture is that they didn't find the other charges to have been proven, and in lieu of a tell-tale juror, we can't know what evidence persuaded the jury. He was convicted on counts of criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, but acquitted of two counts of predatory sexual assault, and it is suggested by media who make suggestions that this is because the jury did not believe the testimony of Annabella Sciorra.</p>
<p>The crime of third degree rape (the charge involving Jessica Mann) is when a person engages in nonconsensual sex with another person. The crime of first degree rape, a charge that he was acquitted on, is when a person
subjects a victim to nonconsensual intercourse through forcible compulsion, or when they are incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless.
A person is guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree if they engage in oral or anal sex with someone who is incapable of consent, or if they use forcible compulsion. The statutes are <a href="https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/#!tid=N6C75EA0684BD4F3095752D31F1DB391F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, §130.00 ff.</p>

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