What to know about Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway
- Harvey Weinstein's retrial for sexual assault begins Tuesday in New York criminal court, with jury selection starting the same day.
- Weinstein's initial 2020 conviction, linked to the #MeToo movement, was overturned due to how the court handled witnesses.
- Weinstein faces charges related to the sexual assault of Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and the rape of Jessica Mann in 2013.
- Judge Curtis Farber estimates jury selection alone may take five days; Weinstein's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, anticipates a different outcome.
- Weinstein, age 73, hopes for a fresh perspective on the case, while his accusers continue to seek justice for the alleged assaults.
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Harvey Weinstein’s NYC Rape Retrial Begins A Year After His 2020 Sentence Was Overturned
Over five years after Harvey Weinstein’s previous New York City sex crimes trial saw the once powerful producer sentenced to 23 years behind bars, the much accused Weinstein’s retrial for rape and sexual assault gets underway this morning in a Manhattan courtroom. Less than 24 hours after the jury was seated Tuesday, opening statements will […]
9 jurors picked as Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers seek to move him from jail to hospital during #MeToo retrial
Weinstein’s lawyers made the request as jury selection resumed for a second day. The 73-year-old disgraced movie mogul arrived in court in a wheelchair, as he has at all of his recent court appearances.
Prospective Jurors Are Grilled on Their Opinions of the #MeToo Movement at Harvey Weinstein’s Retrial, as Defense Denounces Jail’s ‘Cruel’ Treatment of Ailing Producer
Mr. Weinstein’s attorneys say he faces ‘further serious medical conditions, and possibly death’ if he’s not moved to a hospital.
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