But what Harvey Weinstein didn't know was that he wouldn't be walking out again.

Although he was acquitted of the two most serious charges, his convictions for rape and sexual assault meant he was handcuffed and sent to jail pending sentence, guilty of forcing oral sex on Miriam Hayley, a young production assistant guilty of raping aspiring actress Jessica Man.

In total, eight women testified against Weinstein.

Weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten rape, assault, trick, humiliate and silences victims.

For decades, he was the toast of Hollywood, but his career had already ended in disgrace, forced to quit his job by the sheer weight of accusations against him.

Inside Courtroom 99 victims waved their anonymity to be questioned and cross examined about the intimate details of their sexual encounters with Weinstein.

Mimi Haley said He was coming toward me physically, and I was backed into a bedroom that was on the corner of that open space area, she said.

I walked backwards because he was pushing me with his body until I got to the bed and I fell backwards onto the bed and I trying to get up and he pushed me down, she continued.

I just said, No, no, I don't want this to happen.

Jessica Man, defended, continued to have contact with the movie producer.

I know the history of my relationship with him.

I know it was complicated and difficult, but that doesn't change the fact that he raped me.

But his lawyer, Donora Tono, told the jury, You don't have to like Mr Weinstein.

This is not a popularity contest, but you have to remember that we're not here to criminalize morality.

One of his lawyers told me about Weinsteins reaction to the verdicts.

He handled it like a stoic gentlemen.

He just kept repeating.

But I'm innocent, but I'm innocent.

I'm innocent.

I'm innocent.

How could this happen in America?

But will will he'll have a very powerful appeal.

He didn't get convicted of the top count.

We could go on and get a bail pending appeal, and hopefully he'll be home within the week.

The challenge for prosecutors was to explain to the jury why women haven't reported allegations to the police at the time they happened.

The prosecution knows the holes in their case in terms of the gaps in the time between the assault on how long it took for some of these victims to come forward.

And so they plug those holes with expert witnesses, uh, who were very good who were using the Bill Cosby case on, and as a result of that, they were ableto make out a case where a jury can connect those dots.

Women who had made similar accusations, some of whom are now suing Weinstein, had come to court when the trial got underway to make their presence felt, the survivors group issued a statement.

While it's disappointing that today's outcome does not deliver the true full justice that so many women deserve, Harvey Weinstein will now forever be known as a convicted serial predator.

This conviction would not be possible without the testimony of the courageous women on the many women who have spoken out.

These were just a few of the many allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

Prosecutors chose the ones they thought stood the best chance of winning a conviction.

But the story's triggered a much wider response from women who said that Harvey Weinstein was just one man among many who abuse their power for sexual gratification.

Weinstein will be sentenced on March the 11th.

He faces a minimum of five years in jail on a maximum of 25 years.

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