Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex crime charges in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new sex crime charge in New York on Wednesday, as he awaits a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case. Details of the new charges were not immediately available. He was charged with criminal sexual activity The jailed former movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein was charged with additional sex crimes that were not part of the case following his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new charges were sealed pending his sentencing. Prosecutors said the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two at hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at an apartment building in lower Manhattan. The alleged incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said. However, it is not clear whether any of these allegations are part of the new charges While bracing for new charges, Weinstein is also awaiting retrial in New York state's highest court this spring. Canceled his 2020 sentence for rape and sexual assault involving two women. The High Court, called the Court of Appeal, ordered a new trial It is tentatively scheduled to begin on November 12, though there is a possibility that it may be delayed The appeals court ruled that the trial judge at the time had improperly allowed the testimony against him The complaint was not part of that case. That judge's term expires in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench Prosecutors want to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say that should be a separate case. Judge Curtis Farber said Wednesday that he will rule on the matter early next month. Weinstein, who was convicted in the Los Angeles rape case in 2022, remains behind bars awaiting retrial in New York. Weinstein, 72, who arrived in court in a wheelchair, was in a Manhattan hospital after emergency surgery Sept. 9 to drain fluid around his heart and lungs. A judge last week agreed to let Weinstein stay in jail at Bellevue Hospital indefinitely instead of transferring him back. In the infirmary ward of New York's Rikers Island jail complex. Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, Weinstein co-founded film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company and produced films such as “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Weinstein Company.” The crying game.” Correction: The headline of this story initially misapplied. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new sex crime charge in New York on Wednesday, as he awaits a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He has been charged with criminal sexual activity.
The jailed former movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein was charged with additional sex crimes that were not part of the case that led to his 2020 conviction. But the new charges were sealed pending his sentencing.
Prosecutors said the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two at hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at an apartment building in lower Manhattan. The alleged incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
However, it is not clear whether any of these charges are covered under the new charges.
Weinstein is also awaiting retrial on new charges after the New York State Supreme Court this spring upheld his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The High Court called the Court of Appeal ordered a new trial.
It is tentatively scheduled to begin on November 12, though it may be delayed.
The appeals court ruled that the trial judge at the time improperly allowed testimony based on allegations against him that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022 and is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors want to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say that should be a separate case. Judge Curtis Farber said Wednesday that he will rule on the issue early next month.
Weinstein, who was convicted in a Los Angeles rape case in 2022, remains behind bars awaiting retrial in New York.
Weinstein, 72, who arrived in court in a wheelchair, remains in a Manhattan hospital after emergency surgery on Sept. 9 to drain fluid around his heart and lungs.
A judge last week agreed to let Weinstein remain in jail at Bellevue Hospital indefinitely instead of moving him to an infirmary ward at New York's Rikers Island jail complex.
Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, Weinstein co-founded film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company and produced films such as “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Crying Game.”
Correction: The title of this story initially gave an incorrect appeal. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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