Mariska Hargitay Condemns Harvey Weinstein's 'Infuriating' Overturned Conviction: It's 'Incorrigible'

Weinstein's 2020 convictions in New York State have since been overturned, marking the reversal of a major #MeToo era victory

Mariska Hargitay is condemning the shocking decision for Harvey Weinstein's 2020 convictions in New York State to be overturned, marking the reversal of a major #MeToo era victory.

The Law & Order: SVU star, 60, threw her support behind sexual assault survivors as she spoke out on Instagram on Thursday, April 25.

"The reversal of Harvey Weinstein's conviction comes as a painful and infuriating affront to survivors and advocates everywhere," she wrote. "To every survivor in this case and every survivor who has to bear witness to this incorrigible marriage of justice, my heart is with you today, tomorrow, and forever."

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Earlier this year, Hargitay opened up about her own experience with sexual assault in an essay for PEOPLE, detailing how a man who she considered to be a "friend" had "raped me in my thirties."

"I couldn’t process it. I couldn’t believe that it happened. That it could happen. So I cut it out," she wrote in January. "I removed it from my narrative. I now have so much empathy for the part of me that made that choice because that part got me through it. It never happened. Now I honor that part: I did what I had to do to survive."

Now, however, the actress is "able to see clearly what was done to me."

"This is a painful part of my story. The experience was horrible," she added. "But it doesn’t come close to defining me, in the same way that no other single part of my story defines me. No single part of anyone’s story defines them."

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Several Hollywood figures have been more forthcoming with their own experiences with sexual assault in the wake of The New York Times' October 2017 report on Weinstein's decades of misconduct, which led to dozens of other industry figures being called out for similar behavior.

Weinstein, now 72, was arrested in May 2018 and charged with rape. He was found guilty in February 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison that March.

In July 2021, Weinstein was extradited to Los Angeles, where he was found guilty of three of seven charges in December 2022. He was sentenced to an additional 16 years in jail to be served separately from his New York sentence.

However, on Thursday April 25, Weinstein's New York sentence was officially overturned. The decision came after Weinstein’s attorney Arthur Aidala claimed that his client didn't receive a fair trial due to decisions made by trial judge James Burke, alleging that Weinstein's character was on trial rather than the allegations he was facing.

The California conviction is not affected by the ruling and Weinstein currently remains in jail.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

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