Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on further prices in New York, prosecutors introduced at a listening to Thursday.
The previous producer didn’t attend the listening to as he’s nonetheless recovering from emergency coronary heart surgical procedure at Bellevue Hospital.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, informed the courtroom Thursday that his shopper “virtually died,” the courtroom reported.
Weinstein, 72, is awaiting a retrial on sexual assault and rape prices after a New York appeals courtroom overturned his conviction in April. The Manhattan District Lawyer’s workplace stated it could search extra victims to testify within the new trial, nevertheless it was unclear what number of accusers he would face.
Weinstein was initially convicted in 2020 of third-degree rape and “prison sexual conduct” and sentenced to 23 years in jail. Throughout that trial, three different accusers have been known as to testify about their very own assault claims in assist of the prison prices.
The appeals courtroom dominated that the trial courtroom erred by permitting different accusers to testify and permitting prosecutors to lift dozens of incidents of alleged misconduct in cross-examination with out Weinstein testifying. That courtroom – New York’s highest courtroom – vacated the conviction and ordered a brand new trial.
Weinstein was additionally convicted of raping an Italian mannequin in Los Angeles in 2022 and was sentenced to an extra 16 years in jail.
Weinstein’s declining well being was revealed all through the prison proceedings. He initially used a walker to seem in courtroom in New York and later needed to be wheeled into courtroom in Los Angeles.
