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Harvey Weinstein Begs for New Rape Retrial Date: ‘I’m Gasping for Air’
However, the judge did not react to his pleas, saying jury selection for an April 15 trial is “beyond set in stone.”
Weinstein’s colorful entreaty — the fallen movie mogul described the Rikers Island jail complex as a “hellhole” and intimated that he was a voice for the voiceless — came moments after Judge Curtis Farber set the date for his second Manhattan rape trial. But on April 25, 2024, New York State’s highest court overturned his conviction as prosecutors had called three other accusers — Dawn Dunning, Tarale Wulff, and Lauren Young — to testify about his alleged misconduct toward them. “To conserve resources in light of the conviction and sentence, as well as the emerging coronavirus pandemic, the People did not proceed further at that time with the investigation into potential offenses involving [the woman],” prosecutors said in explaining the delay.
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