When a New York jury Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of two out of five charges in his rape trial, his stunned accusers started sending rapid-fire group texts.

"Holy s---," one text read. "I'm shaking," read another, according to Louise Godbold, who used to work in commercial production and has alleged that Weinstein attacked her twice in 1991.

It was a day many of Weinstein's dozens of accusers never thought would come: "That this case got to trial at all, considering the massive clout that Harvey had and the years of blackmailing and paying people off to make sure this never happened, I think that shows that he is no longer invincible," Godbold said.

And although Weinstein was not found guilty of all the counts he was charged with, his accusers consider his partial conviction a victory.

"It validates our experience, the harm that was done to us, everything we've been through," said Caitlin Dulany, an actress who has said Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a hotel room during the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. "Any jail sentence is a reckoning for Harvey Weinstein and absolutely speaks to the crimes he's committed and the damage he's done to the lives and careers of so many women."