By Ramin Setoodeh
25.03.2020 - 07:17 / peoplemagazine.co.za
Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys are using the coronavirus pandemic to request extra time as they prepare a response to a sexual assault civil case.
The incarcerated movie mogul is currently fighting a New York lawsuit filed by actress Wedil David, who claims Weinstein raped her in 2016.
His legal representatives had been due to submit discovery documents this month (Mar20), but in a new court motion, the shamed producer’s attorneys have asked for the deadline to be extended until 15 May.
In the
By Ramin Setoodeh
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York for rape, has been hit with a new sexual assault charge in Los Angeles. The LA District Attorney’s office, which filed the original case in January, recently stated that the movie mogul is facing a new felony charge of sexual battery by restraint. The latest charge has stemmed from an incident that took place at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2010.
Los Angeles prosecutors have slapped incarcerated rapist Harvey Weinstein with a new sexual battery charge.
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged with a new count of sexual assault, prosecutors in Los Angeles have said.
Los Angeles prosecutors have slapped incarcerated rapist Harvey Weinstein with a new sexual battery charge.
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged with a new count of sexual assault, prosecutors in Los Angeles have said.
Harvey Weinstein is physically feeling fine after contracting COVID-19 but it's life behind bars he's worried about. Weeks into his 23-year prison sentence, a source told Fox News that Weinstein has "no symptoms" but "has been in isolation" since he moved from New York City's Rikers Island jail to Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison near Buffalo, N.Y., earlier this month.
Harvey Weinstein is “doing well” in isolation after being diagnosed with coronavirus.
Convicted rapist and former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, weeks after beginning his prison sentence. A New York law enforcement source tells E! News, "Harvey tested positive for Coronavirus yesterday.
This may be a harbinger of things to come in the American prison system — in which case, get ready for the coronavirus pandemic to potentially get a lot worse.
The convicted sex offender is now in isolation.
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus while he is serving his time behind bars.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has filed a detainer on the New York prison holding Harvey Weinstein, the first step in bringing him to Los Angeles for a second trial on rape and sexual assault charges.
Following rape conviction, Harvey Weinstein celebrated his first birthday in prison. The disgraced Hollywood producer spent his 68th birthday, on March 19, at a maximum-security prison in New York. In the prison, the film mogul was informed about surviving sexual abuse behind bars and prison suicide prevention, Daily Mail reported. Harvey was moved to the Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, after his brief stay at Rikers Island principal jail.
Harvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in his landmark #MeToo case.