Prosecutors have confirmed Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan.
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan , prosecutors confirmed Monday as the former movie mogul made a brief court appearance related to California 's request to extradite him there.But after the New York case is complete, he will return to California to serve his pending 16-year sentence for a separate rape conviction there first, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement.
His 2020 conviction in Manhattan was was thrown out this spring by the state's top court, which ruled that the judge in the original trial unfairly allowed testimony against Weinstein based on allegations that weren't part of the case.The retrial in Manhattan is tentatively scheduled for November.
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