59 h. ago Judge approves Harvey Weinstein’s request to sleep at hospital during retrial

Ex-media boss moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrialHarvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he is not in court for his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.The judge, Paul Goetz, late on Thursday ordered that Weinstein, 73, be immediately relocated from the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan so he can receive necessary medical treatment. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Harvey Weinstein will be allowed to stay in hospital and not jail as he faces sex

A New York judge said not transferring Weinstein could put him at risk of other ‘serious medical conditions, and possibly death’

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60 h. ago Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in court for his #MeToo retrial

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3 d. ago Scores more possible jurors start screening in Weinstein retrial

Scores more people are undergoing screening as potential jurors for Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial

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4 d. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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4 d. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing in bid to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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4 d. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him held in hospital rather than jail while he faces trial

Disgraced Hollywood mogul fears he could be vulnerable to life-threatening injuries or death if he’s not moved

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4 d. ago Harvey Weinstein asks to be allowed to sleep in hospital not jail during retrial

Lawyers say conditions at Rikers and stress of trial on ailing ex-studio boss may ‘lead to serious health complications’Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his #MeToo rape retrial.Weinstein’s lawyers made the request as jury selection resumed for a second day. The 73-year-old disgraced movie mogul arrived in court in a wheelchair, as he has at all of his recent court appearances. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Harvey Weinstein stuns courtroom with dramatic performance in desperate bid to get out of jail

The 73-year-old arrived in court on Wednesday in a wheelchair after his lawyers filed a request that he spend his nights at a hospital in the city instead of Rikers Island for the duration of his rape retrial.

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4 d. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him hospitalized instead of in jail during #MeToo retrial

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his #MeToo rape retrial

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5 d. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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5 d. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations

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6 d. ago 'Predatory' senior doctor avoids jail after sexually assaulting two female members of staff at Welsh hospital

A judge said the doctor had abused his position and power to sexually assault the women. One of his victims said Thota had 'wielded his position of power like a weapon to hurt me and silence me'

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein: The #MeToo movement’s most notorious villain heads back to court for retrial

Harvey Weinstein is heading back to court in New York — a year after an appeals court threw out the conviction of the most famous bad man of the #MeToo era. Has the movement survived? asks Kelly Rissman

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein to stand trial this week in redo of #MeToo case

Re-examination puts one of biggest #MeToo victories back in court as backlash against women’s rights unfolds in USHarvey Weinstein goes back on trial in New York this week in a redo of the #MeToo-era case in which the disgraced movie mogul was convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, but acquitted on three other counts, including the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault.The legal drama begins with jury selection that is expected to last up to a week. It puts one of the biggest victories of the #MeToo era back in the courtroom just as a backlash against women’s rights – from abortion access to the rise of controversial male influencers like Andrew Tate – unfolds across the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman can testify Weinstein used force to rape her despite his acquittal, judge rules

A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word “force” in her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her

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2 w. ago James Corden makes risky sexual joke about Dame Judi Dench, 90, which stuns audiences at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in LA

He stirred much controversy and was forced to apologise after making a poorly timed joke about Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against him in 2017.

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3 w. ago David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees

The director was discussing the row over Adrien Brody’s AI-enhanced Hungarian accent, saying ‘we mess with actors’ voices all the time’David Cronenberg has suggested the AI controversy over Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was an issue manufactured by the campaign of a rival Oscar film.Cronenberg was speaking at the London Soundtrack festival alongside composer Howard Shore, and in remarks reported by the Hollywood Reporter, said that film-makers “mess with actors’ voices all the time”. Cronenberg said: “There was a discussion about Adrien Brody [and] apparently they used artificial intelligence to improve his accent. I think it was a campaign against The Brutalist by some other Oscar nominees. It’s very much a Harvey Weinstein kind of thing, though he wasn’t around.” Continue reading...

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