Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator
Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the case
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won’t start until at least next year — and his lawyers plan to hire a private investigator to look into a new allegation against the movie mogul that will now be part of the case.
The new details came as Weinstein appeared in court Wednesday for a pretrial hearing.
Weinstein was already facing retrial on two sex crimes charges after the state’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction earlier this year. In September, he was hit with a new charge accusing him of another assault. He has pleaded not guilty.
On Wednesday, Judge Curtis Farber granted a prosecution request to consolidate both cases and agreed to push back the trial's start date, which had been tentatively scheduled for Nov. 12.
