Ashley Judd calls overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction an “institutional betrayal”

Content warning: this article discusses rape and sexual assault.
Actress Ashley Judd, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, has described the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction by the New York Court of Appeals as “institutional betrayal”.
On Thursday (April 25), the state’s highest court overruled the conviction in a 4-3 verdict, deeming that Weinstein had not received a fair trial. This was based on the grounds that the judge allowe