Prosecutors can combine sex crimes cases against Harvey Weinstein, judge rules
Manhattan prosecutors can combine two sexual crimes cases against Harvey Weinstein, a judge ruled Wednesday, delivering a legal victory to the district attorney’s office ahead of the disgraced Hollywood mogul's retrial.
Manhattan prosecutors can combine two sexual crimes cases against Harvey Weinstein, a judge ruled Wednesday, delivering a legal victory to the district attorney’s office ahead of the disgraced Hollywood mogul's retrial.
Judge Curtis Farber's decision came two days after NBC News reported that Weinstein had been diagnosed with an uncommon form of bone marrow cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia, according to two sources.
Weinstein, wearing a navy suit and clutching two books on his lap, entered the courtroom in a wheelchair.
Weinstein’s lawyers opposed prosecutors’ efforts to consolidate new and the old charges into a single trial. In a court filing earlier this month, the Oscar-winning producer’s attorneys accused the district attorney’s office of acting improperly and unfairly.
In response, Manhattan prosecutors argued that “lengthy, burdensome, duplicative trials that would waste party and judicial resources, further clog the court system, and burden multiple juries—benefits that [the] defendant’s opposition does not even contest.”
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