Less than a week after Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was tossed out by New York’s highest court, the much-accused Pulp Fiction producer is set to be in front of a judge.
Weinstein will appear in Manhattan Supreme Court on May 1, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said late Friday, The hearing in Judge Curtis Farber’s courtroom is set to start at 2:15 p.m. ET.
In a 4-3 ruling, the New York Court of Appeals on April 25 said that Weinstein’s conviction and 23-year sentence is to be overturned. Writing for the majority, Judge Jenny Rivera said now ex-Justice James Burke “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes” four years ago when he was overseeing the trial.
The Appeals Court has ordered a new trial for Weinstein.
The purpose of the May 1 hearing is to release Weinstein from his now overturned 2020 conviction and re-arraign him on the sex crimes charges he was arrested for in 2018. Due to his 2022 conviction in LA on sex crimes and subsequent sentencing to 16 years behind bars, Weinstein will not be released after Wednesday’s hearing.
“At the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, our Special Victims Division fights each and every day to center survivors, uplift their voices, and seek justice for these horrific crimes,” a spokesperson for D.A. Alvin Bragg told Deadline today. “Our mission is to center survivors’ experiences and wellbeing in every decision we make, which we will do as we approach the next steps in this case.”
Moved from a state prison in upstate New York in the past 24 hours, the 72-year old Weinstein is now with NYC Department of Corrections at Rikers and is having his medical needs tended to, I hear.
“We are cautiously optimistic and are prepared to go to trial, if it comes to that,” Weinstein spokesperson Juda Engelmayer tells Deadline of his Arthur Aidala represented client. “There are fewer charges now and the deck isn’t going to be illegally stacked against him. While we all enjoy the same rights when it comes to our justice system, a defendant has an additional right to due process. We are glad the Appeals Court judges saw it that way.”
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