Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein Retrial Tentatively Set for November
A tentative new trial date has been set for Harvey Weinstein in New York, following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction. In a hearing Friday, Judge Curtis Farber estimated that jury selection could begin on Nov. 12 for the new trial. In prior hearings, prosecutors have said they are investigating sexual assault claims from […]
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Harvey Weinstein Appears In Court as Prosecutors Investigate New Claims With Fall Trial In Mind
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case are investigating sexual assault claims from additional women who have come forward as they look to a possible new indictment against the former Hollywood mogul. In Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, Assistant ADA Nicole Blumberg said prosecutors have not yet summoned a grand jury but are continuing to investigate a […]
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Prosecutors May Bring New Indictment Against Harvey Weinstein as More Women May Come Forward
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case say they may issue a new indictment against the former mogul, as there may be more women who come out against him. “Some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024,” Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg said in New York […]
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Harvey Weinstein Will Remain Jailed In New York While Awaiting Rape Retrial
While the New York courts decide whether convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein should return to California while he awaits a retrial for his overturned 2020 conviction, the former movie mogul will remain jailed in the Empire State, it was decided on Thursday. The courts must decide if Weinstein, who was previously convicted on rape charges in […]
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New Harvey Weinstein Trial Planned for After Labor Day
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. […]
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Is There Still Hope for #MeToo Justice?
We all know he’s guilty — even the New York appeals court majority that ordered a new trial for Harvey Weinstein knows it. That makes the narrow, 4-3 reversal of Weinstein’s conviction all the more enraging. Anyone who has ever watched a cop show knows how difficult it is to get a conviction in a […]
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Anita Hill on Harvey Weinstein Reversal: “Our Movement Will Persist”
This week’s reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction sent shockwaves through survivor communities. It’s grossly ironic, if not outright cynical, that the release comes during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; it says volumes about the contemporary reality of sexual assault and the limits of legal protections against it. The case forces us to acknowledge that societal misconceptions […]
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Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized After His Rape Conviction Was Overturned in New York
Two days after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, the former movie mogul has been hospitalized. Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a battery of tests, according to The Associated Press. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue,” Aidala […]
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Harvey Weinstein Set to Make New York Court Appearance May 1
Harvey Weinstein will return to court on May 1. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office said Friday that Weinstein is expected to appear before Judge Curtis Farber on Wednesday, May 1 at 2:15 p.m. The court appearance will be the first for Weinstein since the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction earlier […]
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#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Says Overturned Harvey Weinstein Conviction Is “Not a Blow to the Movement”
On Thursday, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke voiced her disappointment at Harvey Weinstein’s conviction being overturned by the New York Court of Appeals at a press conference in New York City. Burke said the #MeToo movement will continue the fight to make sure survivors of sexual abuse are protected. “When we have low moments, we get […]
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Harvey Weinstein N.Y. Trial Juror Slams Conviction Reversal: “Our Justice System Failed Us”
One of the 12 jurors who heard Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 sexual assault trial and voted for his conviction, which was overturned on Thursday by New York’s Court of Appeals, has written an op-ed for U.S. News and World Report in which she calls the reversal a gut-punch that should not have happened, as the jury’s […]
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Why the New York Appeals Court Judges Reversed Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction
It was Valentine’s Day earlier this year when, in an Albany courtroom, the seven judges that make up the New York State Court of Appeals spent part of their day hearing oral arguments about potentially overturning the nearly four-year-old landmark trial in which Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two of five felony […]
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