NEW YORK – Film producer Harvey Weinstein will remain in jail in New York until his new sex crimes trial, scheduled for mid-November, is completed after his first conviction canceled in April, authorities said Monday.
As reported by the Queen’s Attorney’s Office, the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, issued an order for Weinstein to remain in prison in the state until his new case is resolved, after which he will be transferred to California, where he has a second conviction. pending sexual offenses.
Weinstein, 72, appeared Monday in a brief hearing in Queen’s court, where his motion is being resolved because he was close to Rikers prison, in a wheelchair, as is customary, local media reported.
The ‘Pulp Fiction’ producer was sentenced in 2020 to 23 years in prison in New York for rape and sexual assault after a historic trial for the #MeToo anti-sexual abuse movement, but in April last year he won an appeal to dismiss it, arguing. procedural errors.
The Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office and Weinstein’s defense have agreed to hold a new trial and the trial date set by the judge is November 15.
He was also sentenced at the end of 2022 to 16 years in prison in California for similar crimes, and recently the governor of that state, Gavin Newsom, asked to be moved to serve the sentence.
According to a statement from the Office of the Queen’s Attorney, the offices of the governors of the two states and the offices of the prosecutors involved, among other authorities, have cooperated in the decision that Weinstein will remain in New York until the the new process will be completed and then be. transferred to California.
2024-08-20 03:16:47
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