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Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigatorHarvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the case.
NY prosecutors want to combine Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases into a single trial
Read full article: NY prosecutors want to combine Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases into a single trialProsecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to consolidate the two sex crime cases that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces in New York into a single trial.
Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers say
Read full article: Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers sayLawyers in Britain representing dozens of women say that Mohamed Al Fayed — the former boss of Harrods — was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women throughout his time at the helm of the world-renowned London department store.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joins list of Hollywood stars charged with sex crimes
Read full article: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joins list of Hollywood stars charged with sex crimesWith his arrest this week, Sean “Diddy” Combs joins a short list of celebrities prosecuted for sex crimes in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Judge dismisses an assault lawsuit against Knicks owner James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein
Read full article: Judge dismisses an assault lawsuit against Knicks owner James Dolan and Harvey WeinsteinA U.S. district judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit against New York Knicks owner James Dolan alleging sexual assault a decade ago.
For Tarana Burke, the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs legal case is one more sign of #MeToo’s lasting impact
Read full article: For Tarana Burke, the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs legal case is one more sign of #MeToo’s lasting impact#MeToo activist Tarana Burke says that while the details of the Sean “Diddy” Combs allegations are horrific, she is heartened by the fact that such cases now come out in public due to the ongoing impact of the #MeToo cultural reckoning.
A look at Harvey Weinstein’s health and legal woes as he faces more criminal charges
Read full article: A look at Harvey Weinstein’s health and legal woes as he faces more criminal chargesDisgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces mounting legal and health troubles some seven years after scores of women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him, helping launch the global #MeToo movement.
Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrialDisgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday.
Jailed Harvey Weinstein taken to NYC hospital for emergency heart surgery, his representatives say
Read full article: Jailed Harvey Weinstein taken to NYC hospital for emergency heart surgery, his representatives sayJailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Monday.
New York seeking to charge Harvey Weinstein with more sex crimes as Britain drops its case
Read full article: New York seeking to charge Harvey Weinstein with more sex crimes as Britain drops its caseBritain’s Crown Prosecution Service has decided to discontinue criminal proceedings against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York while awaiting rape retrial
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York while awaiting rape retrialProsecutors have confirmed Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan.
NYC prosecutors intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein ahead of retrial
Read full article: NYC prosecutors intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein ahead of retrialManhattan prosecutors say they intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein as they anticipate a November retrial for the disgraced media mogul.
Harvey Weinstein lawyers argue he was denied fair trial in appeal of LA rape conviction
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein lawyers argue he was denied fair trial in appeal of LA rape convictionHarvey Weinstein's lawyers argue he didn't get a fair trial in Los Angeles when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2022.
Harvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accusers come forward, New York prosecutors say
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accusers come forward, New York prosecutors sayManhattan prosecutors have told a judge they are evaluating new claims of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein.
Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's New York case cry foul over defense lawyer's comments
Read full article: Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's New York case cry foul over defense lawyer's commentsProsecutors in New York have accused Harvey Weinstein’s lead defense lawyer of making public statements intended to intimidate a potential witness ahead of the fallen movie mogul’s retrial and have asked a judge to take action.
New York Senate passes bill to tighten legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to toss rape conviction
Read full article: New York Senate passes bill to tighten legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to toss rape convictionThe New York state Senate has passed a bill to explicitly allow evidence of prior sexual offenses in sex crimes cases.
#MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godrèche came forward
Read full article: #MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godrèche came forwardBefore Judith Godrèche kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein won't be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein won't be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrialHarvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while he awaits a retrial in a rape case or be sent back to California to continue serving a prison sentence.
Harvey Weinstein is back at NYC's Rikers Island jail after hospital stay
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein is back at NYC's Rikers Island jail after hospital stayOne-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said was a move resulting from a published report saying he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital.
Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was tossed
Read full article: Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was tossedProsecutors have asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein, who was back in a New York courtroom for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week.
Ashley Judd speaks out on the right of women to control their bodies and be free from male violence
Read full article: Ashley Judd speaks out on the right of women to control their bodies and be free from male violenceActor Ashley Judd, whose allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein helped spark the #MeToo movement, is speaking out on the right of women and girls to control their own bodies and be free from male violence.
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prisonHarvey Weinstein's lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrialHarvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court next week, the first step in potentially retrying the film mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned.
A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown out
Read full article: A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown outHarvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by an appeals court, but it's just one of many cases the disgraced movie mogul has faced.
#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturned
Read full article: #MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturnedHarvey Weinstein's accusers and their advocates were shocked and angered by an appellate court’s decision to overturn the ex-movie mogul’s 2020 rape conviction.
Ashley Judd, #MeToo founders react to ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's conviction
Read full article: Ashley Judd, #MeToo founders react to ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's convictionProminent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction.
Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
Read full article: Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assaultA woman has alleged that New York Knicks owner James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade ago and then set her up to be molested by now-imprisoned film producer Harvey Weinstein.
7 years after Weinstein, commission finds cultural shift in Hollywood but less accountability
Read full article: 7 years after Weinstein, commission finds cultural shift in Hollywood but less accountabilityA new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the #MeToo movement, but many still don’t trust that sexual harassers will be held accountable.
Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act
Read full article: Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors ActFor a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act gave adults claiming they had been sexually assaulted a chance to file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago the assaults occurred.
Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein saying he assaulted her; accuses CAA, Disney, Miramax of enabling
Read full article: Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein saying he assaulted her; accuses CAA, Disney, Miramax of enablingActor Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then hindering her career.
Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction
Read full article: Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA convictionDisgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after spending nearly two years in California, where he was tried and convicted of raping an Italian actor and model.
Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assaultA Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.
Weinstein asks NY high court to reverse 2020 rape conviction
Read full article: Weinstein asks NY high court to reverse 2020 rape convictionHarvey Weinstein is asking New York’s highest court to overturn his 2020 rape conviction, arguing that the judge betrayed his right to a fair trial by “succumbing to the pressure” of the #MeToo movement.
Weinstein dodges sentencing enhancement, faces 18 years
Read full article: Weinstein dodges sentencing enhancement, faces 18 yearsHarvey Weinstein will face a maximum prison sentence of 18 years after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on special allegations that Weinstein planned his assault on a model-actor in 2013 and whether she was “particularly vulnerable.”.
The women at the center of Harvey Weinstein's LA rape trial
Read full article: The women at the center of Harvey Weinstein's LA rape trialProsecutors called 44 witnesses to make their case against Harvey Weinstein, but a jury’s decision at his Los Angeles trial will hinge largely on the testimony of the four women he is charged with raping or sexually assaulting.
Weinstein lawyer in closing: 'Tears do not make truth'
Read full article: Weinstein lawyer in closing: 'Tears do not make truth'An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles sexual assault trial told jurors that the prosecution's case relies entirely on asking them to trust accusers who have proved they were untrustworthy.
Weinstein attorney cross-examines accuser Siebel-Newsom
Read full article: Weinstein attorney cross-examines accuser Siebel-NewsomJennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California governor Gavin Newsom, faced cross-examination from an attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his sexual assault trial.
Siebel Newsom gives emotional testimony of Weinstein rape
Read full article: Siebel Newsom gives emotional testimony of Weinstein rapeJennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California governor Gavin Newsom, took the stand at the Los Angeles trial of Harvey Weinstein and in tearful and dramatic testimony described the movie mogul raping her in 2005.
Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimony
Read full article: Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimonyThe only Harvey Weinstein accuser to testify at both his New York and California trials has taken the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom to repeat her account of what she says was a sexual assault by the former movie mogul in 2013.
DA to review cases involving LA cop accused of CBS tip off
Read full article: DA to review cases involving LA cop accused of CBS tip offLos Angeles County prosecutors will try to decide whether criminal cases were tainted by a former LAPD captain who allegedly leaked a confidential sexual assault report to an accused Hollywood mogul.
Weinstein attorney, accuser clash over her memory of assault
Read full article: Weinstein attorney, accuser clash over her memory of assaultA massage therapist who says Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her after she worked on him in 2010 insisted from the witness stand at his Los Angeles trial that she has not changed her account of the incident.
Dancer says fear of Weinstein muted her sex assault response
Read full article: Dancer says fear of Weinstein muted her sex assault responseAn attorney for Harvey Weinstein repeatedly challenged a woman over why she didn’t raise more objections or leave the hotel room in Puerto Rico where she said he sexually assaulted her during a 2003 film shoot.
Dancer in Weinstein film testifies he sexually assaulted her
Read full article: Dancer in Weinstein film testifies he sexually assaulted herA dancer on a film produced by Harvey Weinstein says she went with the movie mogul to a hotel in 2003 because she felt reassured by the presence of his female assistant.
French TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeToo
Read full article: French TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeTooAuthor Hélène Devynck is among dozens of women who have spoken out recently to accuse France’s most famous TV presenter of rape, sexual abuse or harassment that occurred between 1981 and 2018.
Prosecutor: Women's stories show Weinstein's predatory power
Read full article: Prosecutor: Women's stories show Weinstein's predatory powerA prosecutor told jurors Monday that the women who will testify that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them will tell uncannily similar stories of themselves as young aspiring women who were cornered in hotel rooms by a man who defined Hollywood power.
Latest Harvey Weinstein trial seats jury of 9 men, 3 women
Read full article: Latest Harvey Weinstein trial seats jury of 9 men, 3 womenA jury of nine men and three women has been selected in the Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, and opening statements are set to start Monday.
Weinstein defense can use governor’s wife’s email at trial
Read full article: Weinstein defense can use governor’s wife’s email at trialA judge at the trial of Harvey Weinstein is allowing the defense to talk about an email that Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, sent to Weinstein two years after the film mogul allegedly raped her.
5 years on, key #MeToo voices take stock of the movement
Read full article: 5 years on, key #MeToo voices take stock of the movementOnce again, disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein sits in a courtroom, on trial in Los Angeles while the reckoning the accusations against him launched marks a significant milestone this month.
Gooding Jr. avoids jail in touching case, angering accusers
Read full article: Gooding Jr. avoids jail in touching case, angering accusersActor Cuba Gooding Jr. has resolved his New York City forcible touching case with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April.
Weinstein lawyer decries 'almost medieval' cell conditions
Read full article: Weinstein lawyer decries 'almost medieval' cell conditionsHarvey Weinstein’s attorney has told the judge at his trial that conditions in the holding cell where he’s being kept after court are “unhygienic” and “almost medieval.”.
Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reignedFive years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars.
‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83
Read full article: ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerreta on “Law & Order,” has died.
Justice Department to investigate NYPD sex crimes unit
Read full article: Justice Department to investigate NYPD sex crimes unitThe U.S. Justice Department has launched a sweeping inquiry into the New York Police Department unit that investigates sex crimes following years of complaints about the way it treats crime victims.
Harvey Weinstein to be charged in UK over assault claims
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein to be charged in UK over assault claimsBritish prosecutors say they have authorized police to charge former film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.
Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
Read full article: Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to partyAfter the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition was scaled back — even kisses were forbade on the red carpet — the lavish French Riviera cinema soiree is set to return with a festival that promises to be something like normal.
Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases
Read full article: Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo casesLegal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.
Appellate judges raise doubts about Harvey Weinstein’s conviction
Read full article: Appellate judges raise doubts about Harvey Weinstein’s convictionA New York appeals court has excoriated Manhattan prosecutors for filling out Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial last year with what one judge deemed “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from women whose allegations weren’t part of the criminal charges against him.
Rose McGowan’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein dismissed
Read full article: Rose McGowan’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein dismissedA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actress Rose McGowan alleging that Harvey Weinstein engaged in racketeering to silence her before she accused him of rape.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother says US prosecutors seeking to ‘break’ her
Read full article: Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother says US prosecutors seeking to ‘break’ herThe brother of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein exploit underage girls says her prosecution is “the most over-hyped trial of the century,” designed to break a woman targeted by authorities who are desperate to blame someone for the late financier’s crimes.
First, she was a survivor: #MeToo's Burke tells her story
Read full article: First, she was a survivor: #MeToo's Burke tells her storyTarana Burke's name became synonymous with the #MeToo movement four years ago, when allegations against Harvey Weinstein launched the social reckoning against sexual misconduct.