Harvey Weinstein files motion for new court venue because he does not believe he can get a fair trial in Manhattan, where he is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room in 2013.
Harvey Weinstein filed a motion for a new court venue because he does not believe he can get a fair trial in Manhattan, where he is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room in 2013.
New York state Supreme Court Justice James Burke approved Rotunno and another attorney, Damon Cheronis, to take over. It isWeinstein has been charged with raping an unidentified woman in 2013 inside a Manhattan hotel room and performing a forcible sex act on another woman in 2006. He is free on $1 million bail after pleading not guilty in July 2018 to charges of first-degree rape, third-degree rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sexual act in the first degree.
In January, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez threw out the sexual harassment part of Judd's suit, finding that the actress and Weinstein didn't have a specific kind of professional relationship that allowed such claims under California law. But the judge allowed Judd to pursue her defamation claim that Weinstein tried to ruin her career.to resolve more than a dozen civil lawsuits against him.
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