A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after receiving a 23-year prison term in his New York City rape case, Harvey Weinstein was in medical and legal limbo on Thursday but indicated through a lawyer that he is still eager to fight looming criminal charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein, 67, suffered chest pains the day before... Read More

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March 12, 2020

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be “totally confused” by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer’s downfall. His accusers — those who testified against him and many others who... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 11, 2020

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is back in court Wednesday for the final act of the rape trial that landed him behind bars: a sentencing hearing where the once-powerful film producer will learn just how long he’ll stay in prison for his landmark #MeToo conviction. Weinstein is scheduled to be sentenced in New York... Read More

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March 10, 2020

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

NEW YORK (AP) — With prosecutors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “historic fall from grace” and serious health issues. In a letter filed in advance of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday for his New York City rape... Read More

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March 9, 2020

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence for having “trapped women into his exclusive control” so he could sexually assault them in a cycle of abuse going back to the 1970s, prosecutors told a judge in a filing on Friday. With the disgraced former movie mogul facing sentencing next week for his... Read More

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March 6, 2020

Harvey Weinstein moved to NYC jail after heart procedure

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was moved Thursday to an infirmary unit at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex after undergoing a heart procedure at the hospital where he’d been held since his conviction last month on rape and sexual assault charges. Weinstein’s spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, said that the former film producer’s... Read More

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March 2, 2020

Weinstein verdict brings Manhattan DA a much-needed win

NEW YORK (AP) — Soon after Harvey Weinstein was convicted and led out of court in handcuffs, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. was in front of television cameras declaring that the verdict marked a “new landscape for survivors of sexual assault in America.” Naming the six women who testified against Weinstein and the two... Read More

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February 26, 2020

Next for Weinstein: Sentencing, appeal and another rape case

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a jury branded Harvey Weinstein a convicted rapist, the former film producer remained at a New York City hospital on Tuesday, his new life as an inmate interrupted by concerns about high blood pressure and heart palpitations. Lawyers for the 67-year-old Weinstein said he was buoyed by plans... Read More

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February 25, 2020

Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors are hailing Harvey Weinstein’s conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system views a type of sexual assault case historically considered difficult to prove. Most of the women who testified against Weinstein stayed in contact with him — and sometimes had consensual sexual... Read More

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February 25, 2020

‘A new day’: Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and led off to prison in handcuffs Monday in what his foes hailed as a landmark moment for the legal system and a long-overdue reckoning for the man vilified as the biggest monster of the #MeToo... Read More

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February 24, 2020

Weinstein jury back to work with signs of split over charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial are set to resume deliberations Monday after signaling they are at odds on the top charges in the closely watched #MeToo case. The jury sent a note to Judge James Burke at the end of a fourth day of deliberations on Friday,... Read More

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February 21, 2020

Jurors at Weinstein rape trial continue to focus on Sciorra

NEW YORK (AP) — The name that keeps coming up during deliberations at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial — Annabella Sciorra — will be front and center again on Friday when jurors are expected to hear a reading of a large chunk of her testimony. Before concluding its third day of deliberations on Thursday, the Manhattan... Read More

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February 20, 2020

Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors planned to continue deliberating for a third day Thursday in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial after so far focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra’s allegation that the once-heralded Hollywood mogul raped her in the mid-1990s. Sciorra’s allegation is too old to be charged on its own because... Read More

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February 19, 2020

Jury back for second day of deliberations in Weinstein trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are returning Wednesday for a second day of deliberations in a rape trial that could send Harvey Weinstein to prison for the rest of his life. The panel of seven men and five women had lots of questions Tuesday as they started weighing charges in the closely watched #MeToo case.... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

Harvey Weinstein moved to NYC jail after heart procedure

Weinstein verdict brings Manhattan DA a much-needed win

Next for Weinstein: Sentencing, appeal and another rape case

Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions

‘A new day’: Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

Weinstein jury back to work with signs of split over charges

Jurors at Weinstein rape trial continue to focus on Sciorra

Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue

Jury back for second day of deliberations in Weinstein trial

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