#MeToo founder says campaign will continue after Weinstein verdict overturned

Tarana Burke called Harvey Weinstein's accusers heroes' and said movement would continue to bring progress to society

The founder of the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke, has called the women who spoke out against Harvey Weinstein heroes" and said such campaigns for justice and equality will continue to bring about progress in society.

Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase Me too" from her work with sexual assault survivors, found herself again declaring - after New York's highest court in a shock decision on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in the city - the #MeToo reckoning was greater than any court case.