Harvey Weinstein to be retried in November in New York

The ex-film mogul will be retried for rape after his conviction was overturned on appeal in April.

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New York State Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber said during a hearing on Friday that he was open to potentially starting the trial earlier than November, as Weinstein's lawyers have requested.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have said that they plan to file "additional violent sexual assault" charges after other women agreed to testify against Weinstein.

The newest accusers have yet to be publicly identified.

Weinstein, 72, attended the court hearing on Friday. He is being held in New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail pending trial.

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