Judge Agrees To Combine New Rape Charges Against Harvey Weinstein Into His Retrial for Old Ones: Fallen Mogul Back in Court From Rikers

The defense says it still doesn’t know the identity of Weinstein’s newest accuser.

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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in New York on October 23, 2024 at New York City. Weinstein attended the pretrial hearing ahead of his retrial on sex crimes charges stemming from his #MeToo case. Weinstein has recently been diagnosed with cancer it has been reported. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The disgraced and incarcerated film producer, Harvey Weinstein, was wheeled into a courtroom at Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday morning. The judge who presides over his case agreed to consolidate his trial on new “criminal sexual act” charges with his retrial on previous criminal sexual act and rape charges into one trial, which will be held next year. Weinstein’s defense attorney, Arthur Aidala, announced that he would hire a private investigator to investigate the new charges.     

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