Harvey Weinstein's Attorney Asks Judge to Toss Civil Sex-Trafficking Allegations
Elior Shiloh, who represents Weinstein, has warned in court filings that the judge failed to consider the legislative intent behind the statute, leading to a "domino effect" that caused its "flawed reasoning" to be adopted in two other cases.
November 06, 2019 at 07:37 PM
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An attorney for Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss sex-trafficking claims against his client, arguing that the allegations by actress Wedil David could not stand in light of a crucial ruling by the late Judge Robert W. Sweet.
Weinstein's lawyers, in a series of civil lawsuits, have criticized Sweet's landmark ruling last year, which allowed another actress to sue Weinstein under a federal sex-trafficking statute, after she alleged that Weinstein had sexually assaulted her in a hotel where the two had met under the guise of discussing a potential film opportunity.
Weinstein, who is facing an upcoming criminal trial in state court, has denied all allegations of forced sex.
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