In Weinstein Rape Trial, Observers Say Jury Selection Will Be Difficult, Extra Accusers' Testimony Key
Weinstein's lawyers, the Chicago attorneys Damon Cheronis and Donna Rotunno and the New York firm Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, have said they hope jurors can separate media coverage of Weinstein from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s charges against him, which involve a few specific incidents.
January 03, 2020 at 06:27 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
The chances that Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein's defense team can find a full complement of jurors unfamiliar with the allegations against him are vanishingly small, several New York lawyers agreed in the days before jury selection begins in Weinstein's Manhattan criminal trial.
Judge James Burke of the New York City Criminal Court is set to hear pretrial motions Monday, and jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday and take about two weeks. The trial is likely to last into March.
All potential jurors will be asked to describe what they've heard about Weinstein, whose interactions with women over decades in the movie business were the subject of major investigations by the New Yorker and the New York Times in 2017.
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