UPDATE ON VIOLATORS—CORONAVIRUS IRONY?

Brigitte Kimichik • April 19, 2020

The Irony of Where Some Violators Find Themselves Today

🚨📣💥 Harvey Weinstein


After Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison , almost the max sentence he was facing for his recent convictions in February, the news broke that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in isolation in prison. Given his health conditions, this is not good news for Weinstein. We hope that isolation and proper care will help him recover so he can spend the entirety of his sentence reflecting on his actions that placed him in this situation in the first place. 


In February, a Manhattan jury found Weinstein guilty of a first-degree criminal sexual act (for forcing oral sex on “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006), and third-degree rape (for having nonconsensual sex with then-aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013). Weinstein was acquitted of the most severe charges of predatory sexual assault which would have carried possible life sentences. 


🚨📣💥 Placido Domingo


On March 20, opera singer Placido Domingo resigned from the U.S. Union that represents opera singers after two investigations by the American Guild of Musical Artists and the Los Angeles Opera found sexual harassment allegations against him to be credible. According to reports , Domingo has agreed to contribute $500,000 to the guild for sexual harassment eradication programs and to help opera employees in crisis. In exchange, the AGMA has withdrawn disciplinary charges against him.


Domingo and his family are now also in isolation in Spain after he tested positive for the coronavirus. 


Domingo (79) is accused of inappropriate sexual behavior  towards multiple singers and a dancer spanning three decades, some of whom claim they were too afraid to report his conduct and in some cases reluctantly agreed to intimate encounters for fear of ruining their careers. 


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