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“I did it for all of us.”

Ashley Judd, Dawn Dunning, Tarana Burke, Rowena Chiu and other key figures in the #MeToo movement told us what the Weinstein verdict means to them.
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.@AshleyJudd was the first actress to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. She said the #MeToo movement and the Weinstein verdict show "there will be consequences in the courtroom, in employment and in society."

"This is the way it’s supposed to be."

Dawn Dunning, a former actress, was one of several witnesses at Weinstein's trial. "It was very nerve-racking to testify. I knew I’d have to see him and talk about what happened to me."

"I did it for all of us. I did it for the women who couldn’t testify. I couldn’t not do it."

"He will forever be guilty. That’s a thing we have," said @TaranaBurke, who first started the #MeToo movement more than a decade ago. nyti.ms/2T5iXCQ

Rowena Chiu is a former Miramax assistant who said Weinstein assaulted her in 1998.

"Every day that I live and enjoy my life is a victory over Harvey. That is much more meaningful than going for a legal victory. Because we all know the legal system is flawed."

Zelda Perkins, a former Miramax assistant, was the first woman to break an NDA with Weinstein. "Harvey going down for 5 years, 10 years is not the end of this," she said.

"We can’t all just turn our eyes back to normal life and think everything is OK." nyti.ms/2T5iXCQ

Debra Katz is a civil rights and employment lawyer who represented several women who came forward against Weinstein.

"He is now a convicted rapist. It was an extraordinary moment of social reckoning." nyti.ms/2T5iXCQ

Lucia Evans's accusation of sexual assault against Weinstein was dropped from the New York case.

"I am so impressed by the women who participated in the criminal case up through the verdict," she said.

"Hopefully this gives more women the strength to come forward."

Read more from the women who took on Harvey Weinstein, in their own words.
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