(Updated with statement from Weinstein spokesperson & Silence Breakers) New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, ordering a new trial. However, that doesn’t mean the Pulp Fiction producer will be stepping out of prison any time soon.
In a 4-3 ruling (read it below), the New York Court of Appeals flipped Weinstein’s conviction, stating the judge in charge of the trial “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes.”
“Defendant was convicted by a jury for various sexual crimes against three named complainants and, on appeal, claims that he was judged, not on the conduct for which he was indicted, but on irrelevant, prejudicial, and untested allegations of prior bad acts,” Judge Jenny Rivera wrote in the Appeals Court ruling of the verdict against Weinstein and his subsequent...
In a 4-3 ruling (read it below), the New York Court of Appeals flipped Weinstein’s conviction, stating the judge in charge of the trial “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes.”
“Defendant was convicted by a jury for various sexual crimes against three named complainants and, on appeal, claims that he was judged, not on the conduct for which he was indicted, but on irrelevant, prejudicial, and untested allegations of prior bad acts,” Judge Jenny Rivera wrote in the Appeals Court ruling of the verdict against Weinstein and his subsequent...
- 4/25/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Jury selection for Harvey Weinstein’s long delayed West Coast sex crimes trial begins today, and California’s First Partner is expected to be among the alleged victims to testify.
Identified as Jane Doe #4 in court filings, Jennifer Siebel Newsom will take the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench’s courtroom sometime over the next 10 weeks.
“Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,” Siebel Newsom’s attorney Elizabeth Fegan told Deadline in a statement this morning. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women,” the FeganScott founding partner, who has represented other Weinstein victims in a now settled civil lawsuit, added. “Please respect her choice to not...
Identified as Jane Doe #4 in court filings, Jennifer Siebel Newsom will take the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench’s courtroom sometime over the next 10 weeks.
“Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,” Siebel Newsom’s attorney Elizabeth Fegan told Deadline in a statement this morning. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women,” the FeganScott founding partner, who has represented other Weinstein victims in a now settled civil lawsuit, added. “Please respect her choice to not...
- 10/10/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Opening statements have begun in Kevin Spacey’s trial over sex abuse claims by Star Trek Discovery’s Anthony Rapp. The proceedings in a New York federal courtroom come as Harvey Weinstein, Danny Masterson and Paul Haggis all face sex crimes trials of their own starting next week.
After an extremely brisk jury selection this morning in District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s Manhattan courtroom, Keller Anderle lawyers for Spacey, and Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigma attorneys for Rapp will present the starting salvos of their case to the six men and six women chosen to serve. First filed by Rapp in 2020 over claims he made public in October 2017, the 40 million civil case alleges that back in 1986 Spacey fondled and trapped the then 14-year-old on the defendant’s bed without his consent at a theatre party. Quickly pink-slipped from his starring role in Netflix’s acclaimed House of Cards...
After an extremely brisk jury selection this morning in District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s Manhattan courtroom, Keller Anderle lawyers for Spacey, and Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigma attorneys for Rapp will present the starting salvos of their case to the six men and six women chosen to serve. First filed by Rapp in 2020 over claims he made public in October 2017, the 40 million civil case alleges that back in 1986 Spacey fondled and trapped the then 14-year-old on the defendant’s bed without his consent at a theatre party. Quickly pink-slipped from his starring role in Netflix’s acclaimed House of Cards...
- 10/6/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein failed today to get his Los Angeles trial on multiple sex crimes pushed back over an upcoming festival premiere and fall wide release of a movie about the investigation into his decades of abuse and sexual assaults.
In a downtown pre-trial hearing Monday morning, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench rejected a move by the defense to delay the incarcerated producer’s October trial start over the Maria Schrader-directed She Said. In a somewhat ironic scenario, the architect of the modern cutthroat awards campaign claimed that the marketing and publicity of the film based on the acclaimed journalism of The New York Times’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey would prejudice any City of Angels jury against him.
Lench wasn’t buying it, and she put pedal to the metal for the commencement of jury selection on October 10.
“Harvey and his attorneys will be prepared for trial,...
In a downtown pre-trial hearing Monday morning, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench rejected a move by the defense to delay the incarcerated producer’s October trial start over the Maria Schrader-directed She Said. In a somewhat ironic scenario, the architect of the modern cutthroat awards campaign claimed that the marketing and publicity of the film based on the acclaimed journalism of The New York Times’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey would prejudice any City of Angels jury against him.
Lench wasn’t buying it, and she put pedal to the metal for the commencement of jury selection on October 10.
“Harvey and his attorneys will be prepared for trial,...
- 8/29/2022
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In a new development, ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has won the right to appeal more than two years after his New York conviction for sex crimes that included third-degree rape.
Janet Difiore, the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, cleared a path for oral arguments next year before the entire court on whether Weinstein received a fair trial, reports ‘NBC News’.
Deadline states that Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison upon his conviction in February 2020. He was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape. A lower court turned down his request for an appeal before today’s ruling granting the request.
Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said that his client was grateful for the decision. “We are hopeful the entire court will find that Mr. Weinstein did not receive a fair trial and (will) reverse his conviction,...
Janet Difiore, the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, cleared a path for oral arguments next year before the entire court on whether Weinstein received a fair trial, reports ‘NBC News’.
Deadline states that Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison upon his conviction in February 2020. He was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape. A lower court turned down his request for an appeal before today’s ruling granting the request.
Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said that his client was grateful for the decision. “We are hopeful the entire court will find that Mr. Weinstein did not receive a fair trial and (will) reverse his conviction,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
More than two years after his New York conviction for sex crimes that included third-degree rape, ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has won the right to appeal, NBC News has reported.
Janet Difiore, the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, cleared a path for oral arguments next year before the entire court on whether Weinstein received a fair trial.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison upon his conviction in February 2020. He was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape. A lower court turned down his request for an appeal before today’s ruling granting the request.
Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said that his client was grateful for the decision.
“We are hopeful the entire court will find that Mr. Weinstein did not receive a fair trial and reverse his conviction,” Aidala said.
Weinstein issued a statement...
Janet Difiore, the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, cleared a path for oral arguments next year before the entire court on whether Weinstein received a fair trial.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison upon his conviction in February 2020. He was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape. A lower court turned down his request for an appeal before today’s ruling granting the request.
Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said that his client was grateful for the decision.
“We are hopeful the entire court will find that Mr. Weinstein did not receive a fair trial and reverse his conviction,” Aidala said.
Weinstein issued a statement...
- 8/25/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The highest appeals court in the state of New York will hear Harvey Weinstein’s case based on “questions of law … which ought to be reviewed,” the Court of Appeals announced Wednesday.
Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of rape and sexual assault, and a lower court upheld that conviction in June. The Court of Appeals has granted Weinsten’s application, and the ruling on Wednesday from New York State of Appeals Chief Judge Janet Difiore will clear the way for oral arguments to begin next year before the entire court, a court spokesman told NBC News.
“I’m hopeful that this is the opportunity to finally prove my innocence,” Weinstein said in a Wednesday statement to The New York Post.
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“We are grateful that Chief Judge Difiore acknowledged the substantial legal issues in this case and...
Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of rape and sexual assault, and a lower court upheld that conviction in June. The Court of Appeals has granted Weinsten’s application, and the ruling on Wednesday from New York State of Appeals Chief Judge Janet Difiore will clear the way for oral arguments to begin next year before the entire court, a court spokesman told NBC News.
“I’m hopeful that this is the opportunity to finally prove my innocence,” Weinstein said in a Wednesday statement to The New York Post.
Also Read:
New Harvey Weinstein Book Fails to Launch, Has Sold Just 2,600 Copies Since Release
“We are grateful that Chief Judge Difiore acknowledged the substantial legal issues in this case and...
- 8/25/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Harvey Weinstein is moving forward in his quest to overturn his rape and criminal sexual act conviction. On Aug. 19, Chief Judge Janet Difiore of the New York State Court of Appeals granted the disgraced producer a leave to appeal his highly publicized case, according to an order obtained by E! News. A court spokesperson told NBC News that oral arguments are expected to begin next year and will be made before the entire court. The decision means a court will hear arguments from both Weinstein's legal team and state prosecutors and choose to either to uphold his conviction or reverse the previous ruling, vacate or modify his convicted charges and order a new trial. "I am innocent...
- 8/24/2022
- E! Online
Updated: New York’s new governor Kathy Hochul said that she talked to President Joe Biden on Monday night, and “he pledged his full support to my administration and anything we need.”
Minutes after she went through a ceremonial swearing in ceremony, Hochul said that her priorities including combating Covid, distributing relief payments and “changing the culture of Albany.” She planned to elaborate on details later on Tuesday.
“I am looking forward to a fresh, collaborative approach. That is how I have always conducted myself,” she said. “That is nothing new to me. That is something that I am planning on introducing to the state Capitol.”
She later said, “I want people to believe in their government again. It is important to me that people have faith.”
Previously: Kathy Hochul was sworn in early Tuesday as New York’s first female governor, following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo.
Hochul officially became governor at 12:01 a.
Minutes after she went through a ceremonial swearing in ceremony, Hochul said that her priorities including combating Covid, distributing relief payments and “changing the culture of Albany.” She planned to elaborate on details later on Tuesday.
“I am looking forward to a fresh, collaborative approach. That is how I have always conducted myself,” she said. “That is nothing new to me. That is something that I am planning on introducing to the state Capitol.”
She later said, “I want people to believe in their government again. It is important to me that people have faith.”
Previously: Kathy Hochul was sworn in early Tuesday as New York’s first female governor, following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo.
Hochul officially became governor at 12:01 a.
- 8/24/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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