Weinstein, 67, is charged with five counts stemming from the allegations of Sciorra and two other women â an aspiring actor who says he raped her in March 2013 and a former film and TV production assistant, Miriam Haley, who says he forcibly performed oral sex on her in March 2006. Weinstein has maintained that any sexual contact was consensual.
A Manhattan jury found Weinstein guilty in February 2020 of raping hairstylist Jessica Mann in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on former âProject Runwayâ TV staffer Miriam âMimiâ Haleyi in 2006. Harvey Weinsteinâs lawyer Norman Effman claims his client is going blind and has lost several teeth in jail.
But his attorney Norman Effman told Judge Kenneth Case that his client doesnât want to be shipped off to the Golden State just yet because he has dental and eye procedures that first need to be addressed. Specifically, Effman said Weinstein is almost blind and needs an eye operation.
New of the 60 Minutes interview came on the third day of deliberations by the jury at the New York state supreme court. Five women and seven men are considering whether to find Weinstein guilty of five counts including two of predatory sexual assault, two of rape and one of a criminal sex act.
Remember the video of NFL linebacker Ray Rice knocking his fiancĂŠe Janay Palmerâs head against an elevator wall and then dragging her unconscious body out of the elevator in 2104. She apologized at a press conference arranged by Riceâs team, The Baltimore Ravens, and said she âdeeplyâ regretted the role she played in the incident.
Some 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual abuse. He was charged criminally by the New York District Attorneyâs Office in three specific cases and has pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape, criminal sexual act and predatory sexual assault.
Harvey Weinstein is facing charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual battery by restraint. Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The 69-year-old had his extradition to the City of Angels pushed back twice due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is going blind and has lost several teeth behind bars, his lawyer claimed Monday â as the former film mogul appeared virtually in an upstate court to fight extradition to Los Angeles on a fresh sex-crimes indictment. The ruined Hollywood rainmaker appeared in Erie County Court via video monitor, ...