Harvey Weinstein Is Found Guilty of Rape

No external help allowed for vocabulary

I] Find in page 1 the English words matching the following definitions:

1- an official claim made by the police that somebody has committed a crime = CHARGES

2- the crime of attacking somebody physically = sexual assault

3- a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is
guilty or not = Trial

4- responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked = innocent accountable

5- the act of annoying or worrying somebody by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them
= Harassment ok

6- a formal written or spoken statement saying what you know to be true, usually in court = indictement testimony

7- an official judgement made in court or at an inquest = verdict

8- making you feel very tired = stoned exhausting

9- the act of finding somebody guilty of a crime in court; the fact of having been found guilty = conviction

10- the state of being in prison, especially while waiting for trial = custody

II] Find in the text the English for the following French terms (+ line number):

1- déterminant, décisif: watershed

2- acquitter : acquitted ok

3- condamnation: sentencing ok

4- menotté: Handcuffted

5- marcher en boitant: using a walker imping

III] Are the following statements right or wrong ? Justify by quoting from the text (+ line number):

1- Weinstein was quite an influential character before being indicted. TRUE 4

2- Mrs Sciorra managed to convince the court that Weinstein had assaulted her. TRUE 97 FALSE 11

3- When he heard his verdict, Harvey Weinstein started to cry and feel sorry for what he had done. FALSE 15

4- Weinstein needed medical treatment right after the trial chaired by Justice James M. Burke. FALSE TRUE

5- Weinstein came back to court with a major disability. TRUE 29

6- Weinstein’s lawyer intended to oppose her client’s being put back in prison as a safety measure to prevent him from
leaving. TRUE 44

7- Weinstein’s lawyer was emotionally detached from the whole procedure. FALSE 45

8- From the start, Harvey Weinstein preferred women lawyers to defend him. FALSE 48/49

9- Harvey Weinstein’s accusers did not feel sorry for him. TRUE 48 54 55
10- The judge presiding over the trial was satisfied with the jurors’ verdict. FALSE 63 64

11- Weinstein’s accusers were thanked by the prosecutor for their service to society. TRUE 65 74

12- Mr. Vance has always believed Weinstein capable of serious sex crimes. FALSE 77

13- After his trial in New York, Weinstein is likely to be prosecuted in another state. TRUE 78

14- Weinstein’s victims and accusers never consented to sexual relationships with him. wrong

15- In the USA, there are state laws that set a limited amount of time for claims to be filed, after which courts no longer
have jurisdiction. True

IV] What do the following statements from the text mean? Rephrase them in your own words:

1- “Dozens of women had come forward with similar allegations against Mr. Weinstein” (8)

Many women is victim of Weinstein / many women find similar complaints OK

2- “Mr. Weinstein’s accusers had willingly had sex with him to further their careers” (39)

Weinstein’s said the women accept for sex with him because it will help their careers OK

3- “even if the #MeToo movement had helped the feminist cause, it had come at too high a price” (42-43)

The metoo movement help the feminist cause because the women is solidarity and declare bad experience for prove
bad comportment of Weinstein / she regret the society senting for too long for defending sea with because of this long
wait they were too many victims, the price is protect more women the mee too movement is the mist blessing every
rose has it’s thorn (épine) the thorn is the price some man have to paid because they are wrongfully accused. Qui veut
noyer son chien l’accuse de la rage = give a dog a bad name and hang it.

4- “Having voluntary sex with someone even if it is a begrudging act is not a crime after the fact” (45)

5- “because I would never put myself in that position.” (46-47)

I don’t want that position/ she would never have sex with her boss to boost her carrer if accept no problem because
have consensual

6- “for seeing through the dirty tactics of the defense” (57)

It means that the defense used immoral stategy in order to defended Weinstein of all the allegation

7- “these women got to take the stand” (60)

It means that the victims must talk in order the help the others these women had to make their voice heard

8- “The others were allowed to testify to establish a pattern of behavior” (89)

The others prove the pattern of behavior / they try to show to determine the criminal is as comity a accident to crime or
if is behavior a personality is forcing the person to reproduce this act

9- “testimony that complicated the prosecution’s case” (94)

10- “The jury ultimately did not convict Mr. Weinstein on those counts” (99)

The jury don’t convict Weinstein f

11- “The three other women were permitted to testify to bolster the prosecution’s contention that Mr. Weinstein
engaged over time in a pattern of sexually abusive behavior” (100-101)

The three women on permit convict Weinstein because the many testimony prove the bad comportment because have
many victims to bolster = to give strengthen (force); was intrinsically of sexual defender.

V] Who is who? Fill in the table by putting the names into the correct places:

judge – judge – juror – prosecutor – Weinstein’s friend – Weinstein’s lawyer - Initiated the #MeToo movement -
Prosecution witness - Prosecution witness - Prosecution witness - Prosecution witness

NAME ROLE IN WEINSTEIN’S CASE

VI] Translate the following paragraph into French (l.18-22):

After the verdict was read, Justice James M. Burke thanked the jurors for their “care and concentration” before they left
the courtroom. As they filed out, Juror No. 6 stared at Mr. Weinstein. The judge then announced that Mr. Weinstein
would immediately be sent to jail to await his sentencing. But as court officers approached him, the producer seemed
stunned and refused to move. Moments later, he was handcuffed and removed from the room, limping with two
officers standing by his side.

Après avoir lu le verdict, le juge James et Mr Burke remercie les jurés pour leur attention et concentration avant qu’ils
quittent la salle d’audience. Pendant qu’il sortait 1 à 1, le juré n°6 n’arrêtait pas de regarder fixement Mr Weinstein. Le
juge annonçait que Mr Weinstein sera immédiatement envoyé en prison (maison d’arrêt) pour attendre sa sentence.
Mais quand la police s’approchait de lui, le producteur était stupéfait et refusait de bouger. Un moment après, il fut
menotté et est conduit hors de la chambre, en boitant avec deux policiers restant à ses côté.

VII] Would you say that the #MeToo movement has changed the course of history? Prepare a two-minute
presentation with illustrations.

Me too movement permitted to believe the women victim of sexual aggression easier, the world opens their eyes on
bad comportment of some person famous.