He New trial against film producer Harvey Weinstein Start this Tuesday in New York, with the jury selection that will examine the elements that could mean a new conviction in this city that meets the one that meets for another case open in California.
In the trial held in 2020 in which he was accused of sexual violation and aggression, Weistein was sentenced to 23 years in prisonbut in April 2024 his defense managed to annul the sentence in appeal by arguing procedural errors and the judge ordered a new trial.
Now, his Lawyers expect a change of judge And the current political climate can benefit the defendant: “It will be a very different trial. The mafia mentality that was so pronounced in his first judgment, I think, has sent … he will have the trial he should have had from the beginning,” said one of his lawyers, Jennifer Bonjean, according to Variety.
Harvey Weinstein appears before the Supreme Court of the State for a view in its case of sexual aggression on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in New York / Curtis Means / AP
The jury selection is expected to last several days, in which the possible biases and the knowledge of the members of this group On the high profile accused, turned into a symbol of women’s complaints in the film industry, which gave rise to the #MeToo movement.
Los Initial allegations are provisionally set for April 22 And the trial could last between four and five weeks.
Sexual crimes
Last September, the Manhattan Prosecutor’s Office accused Weinstein of a new sexual crime against a supposedly committed woman in 2006 And Judge Curtis Farber agreed to add that accusation to those of the trial for the original case that was annulled, instead of establishing two separate processes.
The main difference with respect to the previous trial is the number of defendantssince in the first six women testified -three whose allegations was the basis of judicial and three to give credibility -while dozens presented public accusations against him.
However, the Court of Appeals ruled that the additional witnesses biased the case, so He will only call three women to testify: Miriam Haley, Jessica Mann and a woman known so far as ‘CW-3’. Haley and Mann have already exhibited their allegations in 2020.
Health worsening
This is the third Criminal trial against Weinstein, 73who remains imprisoned in the Rikers prison (New York) since he was convicted for another 16 -year sentence for sexual crimes committed in California, although last December he was transferred to a hospital for emergency cardiac surgery.
The Exa Producer Health was aggravated recently since he is receiving treatment for bone marrow cancer, so he went in a wheelchair to the most recent court hearing and suggested that he could die soon.
“I’m not going to be there in April. I can’t wait for tomorrow. I can’t endure more. I am enduring because I want justice, I want this to end, “Weinstein implored at that time.
The producer of ‘Pulp Fiction’ and other iconic films He has declared himself not guilty of the new crime he was accused in Septemberas of the previous accusations for which it was tried in 2020.
