Disgraced producer, recently diagnosed with leukemia, Will Return to trial in New York Starting April 15
Harvey Weinstein Pushed for an Earlier Start for His Sexual Assault Retria, City His Recent Health Issues and “Hellhole” Prison Conditions.
Weinstein, Who Was Recently Diagnosed With Bone Marrow Cancer, Will Face Trial in New York Starting April 15, Despite The Disgraced Producer's Attime to Begin the Proceedings Even Doner: “I Won'T Be there for April.”
“I'm in a Serious Emergency Situation, I'm begging for you to move your date,” Weinstein Told the Judge Overseeing the case. “I Need to Get Out of this Hellhole as Quickly as possible.”
Weinstein Continued (via NBC News), “There are so many people suffering at rikers Island. So Many of the People I am with in Prison Are Going Through Similar Problems. They don't have the same mouthpiece i have. It remin in Stain on This City. ”
Judge Curtis Farber Said That He Couuld Move Weinstein's Trial A Week Earlier – Possibly April 7 – If Both Parties Agreed to the Change. Farber Also Ruled Against Weinstein's Attept to Dismiss a New Charge from a recent indictment; In September, he was indicated on a Further Sexual Assault Charge in New York and Accused of Sexuary Assaulting in Woman in Manhattan Hotel Room in 2006. He Pleaded Not Guilty.
A Spokesperson for Weinstein Said in A Statement After The Hearing, “Judge Farber Demonstrated Exceptional RespSIVENESS, and we deeply appreciate His Thoughtful Consideration of Harvey's Condition and Circumstances. We remain confident in a swift and efficient trial process and firmly believe that harvey will be fully exonerated. “
Weinstein's Retria in New York Comes After His 2020 Conviction was Overturned in April 2024, After an appeals Court Ruled That the Judge Who Over the First Trial Should Not Haved Testimony from Weinstein Accusi WHE WARE NOT Part of the Charges Against Him.