When a jury found former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual act and third-degree rape Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. was quick to praise the verdict as a step forward for accountability in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

“This is the new landscape for survivors of sexual assault in America,” he said minutes after the verdict. “This is a new day.”

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