What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway
Read full article: What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underwayFive years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations.
Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSport’s hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes
Read full article: Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSport’s hiring of investigator charged with sex crimesThe chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been accused of newer crimes when working there last year.
SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'
Read full article: SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'The leader of the U.S. Center for SafeSport wrote in an email that the revelation of a former investigator’s arrest on rape charges was “just sickening,” while also saying there was no reason to believe he’d committed any wrongdoing while working for the center.
Appellate judges raise doubts about Weinstein's conviction
Read full article: Appellate judges raise doubts about Weinstein's convictionA New York appeals court has excoriated Manhattan prosecutors for filling out Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial last year with what one judge deemed “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from women whose allegations weren’t part of the criminal charges against him.
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Weinstein lawyers want judge off rape case over texting jabs
Read full article: Weinstein lawyers want judge off rape case over texting jabsHarvey Weinstein arrives at court for jury selection in his sexual assault trial Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK, NY – Harvey Weinstein's lawyers asked the judge in his New York City rape case to step aside Wednesday after he threatened to jail the disgraced movie mogul for texting in the courtroom. Weinstein’s lawyers sent a letter to Judge James Burke saying his comments Tuesday were “prejudicial and inflammatory” and raised questions about his impartiality. Weinstein’s lawyers said the film producer, who has been seen clutching an iPhone, was using his cell phone before court was in session. As his New York trial was getting underway Monday, Los Angeles prosecutors announced new charges in a separate case against Weinstein.