Harvey Weinstein is taking a look at a brand new trial in New York after Labor Day.
The previous Hollywood mogul appeared in court docket in New York Wednesday for the primary time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Decide Curtis Farber set a Could 29 listening to for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificates of compliance. If the certificates is filed by that date, the choose anticipated {that a} trial will start someday after Labor Day.
Weinstein was wheeled into the courtroom in a wheelchair, carrying a blue go well with with an American flag pin, after having been hospitalized within the days main as much as the listening to. He waved to the primary row of attorneys as he was wheeled in and shook their palms as he was wheeled out. He appeared along with his lawyer Arthur Aidala, in entrance of a full viewers, together with Jessica Mann, who testified within the first New York trial.
“Mr. Weinstein has very, very severe medical points,” Aidala informed the choose.
However he added that Weinstein was nonetheless mentally sharp, having learn “a whole bunch and a whole bunch of books” in jail, and will nonetheless take part in his personal protection.
Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg requested that Weinstein be remanded within the case, saying they wished to retry the case “as rapidly as doable.” As a part of their arguments, prosecutors stated the overturned conviction was not concerning the “energy of the case” and that they proceed to “imagine on this case.” In addition they pointed to Mann.
“She’s right here immediately to point out that she’s not backing down and is dedicated to seeing that justice is served but once more,” Blumberg stated.
Along with Mann, Gloria Allred, the lawyer who represents Miriam Haley, who additionally introduced claims towards Weinstein within the trial, was seated within the first few rows of the courtroom, as was Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg.
Weinstein had been held in a jail in upstate New York, however was transferred to town final week, after the conviction was vacated, after which admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan to endure checks. He remained below custody there.
The New York State Court docket of Appeals overturned the previous leisure mogul’s conviction Thursday, discovering that the choose within the New York County trial prejudiced Weinstein with improper rulings, together with permitting girls to testify about allegations that weren’t a part of the case.
Throughout that trial, in February 2020, Weinstein was discovered responsible of felony sexual assault within the first diploma, based mostly on the testimony of Haley, a former Challenge Runway manufacturing assistant, and rape within the third diploma, based mostly on the testimony of onetime aspiring actress Jessica Mann. He was acquitted on three different prices, and was sentenced to 23 years in jail.
Weinstein was additionally convicted by a Los Angeles jury in 2022 on three counts — forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by overseas object — towards Jane Doe No. 1, who has since come ahead as former Russian mannequin Evgeniya Chernyshova. That 16-year jail sentence nonetheless stands, however might be impacted if New York prosecutors fail to safe a conviction in a retrial or Weinstein succeeds on attraction in California.