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Harvey Weinstein’s First Court Appearance Since 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned Set For Next Week

The Pulp Fiction producer won't go free but he will be moved back to Manhattan to prep for a new trial

Less than a week after Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction was tossed out by New York’s highest court, the much-accused Pulp Fiction producer is set to be in front of a judge. Writing for the majority, Judge Jenny Rivera said now ex-Justice James Burke “erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes” four years ago when he was overseeing the trial. In a trial that saw Annabella Sciorra and several other women testify about alleged abuse from Weinstein, the producer was also ordered to register as a sex offender, a registration that likely will be removed at the May 1 hearing too.

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