1st Department Confirms Harvey Weinstein's Trial Will Continue on Schedule in Manhattan
The former movie producer's lawyers are expected to argue that his interactions with the women were consensual and, in at least some cases, transactional.
January 21, 2020 at 06:21 PM
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Opening statements in the criminal trial of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein are expected to begin Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court, despite attempts from Weinstein's lawyers to move or delay the trial.
The judges in New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department rejected the defense team's motions for a change of venue and a stay Tuesday in a single-sentence order, echoing their refusal last fall to move the trial outside Manhattan.
News about Weinstein has traveled around the world, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office had argued, so moving the trial to another county in New York was unlikely to make a big difference to the case.
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