Harvey Weinstein found guilty of three sex crimes in Los Angeles

Former Hollywood producer

was convicted Monday of rape and two sexual assaults at the end of his trial in

, half of the charges for which he was sued by four women.

After two weeks of deliberations, jurors found him guilty of all charges brought by the first of the four women.

He was found not guilty of charges brought by a second woman, and reached no verdict on the charges brought by the other two.

The 70-year-old former

of cinema, producer of hits such as

and

, was previously sentenced in New York in 2020 to 23 years in prison for similar crimes.

During the trial in Los Angeles,

who testified anonymously accused the producer of forcing them to have sex in hotels in

A fifth woman ultimately refused to testify.

After weeks of hearings, often punctuated by sobbing from the plaintiffs, the prosecution portrayed

as an all-powerful whose dominance over Hollywood - the films he produced garnering more than

- long prevented his victims speak out for fear of repercussions on their careers.

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