Shamed Harvey Weinstein appeals sexual assault conviction and seeks new trial

DMX’s funeral procession shut down New York as the late rapper took his final ride around the city in style.

An appeals court in New York has upheld a summary judgement that favoured Dr Luke in his ongoing defamation legal battle with Kesha. In particular, judges confirmed that Luke – despite being a very successful and well known record producer and label owner – is not a “public figure”, which has a significant impact on cases of this kind.This defamation action is all that remains of a long-running, multi-layered and quite complicated legal battle between Luke and Kesha.

NEW YORK -- An appellate court ruled for music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against pop star Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn't a public figure in the eyes of the law.The decision isn't a final judgment in the long-running court clash between the multiplatinum-selling singer, who says Dr.

EXCLUSIVE: Lucifer actress Aimee Garcia and New York Times bestselling author AJ Mendez have been brought on to pen the upcoming untitled 47 Ronin sequel for Universal 1440 Entertainment. The action-fantasy pic, which is being directed by Mulan‘s Ron Yuan as we first told you, is the follow to the 2013 Universal Keanu Reeves movie which grossed over $151M WW.

Katie Holmes was feeling incredibly proud on Sunday as she marked her only daughter's 15th birthday.The Dawson's Creek star is a doting mum to Suri Cruise and made sure that the teenager's big day was extra special.MORE: Katie Holmes looks identical to daughter Suri in ageless throwback photo Katie shares Suri with ex-husband Tom Cruise, and the teen lives in New York with her mum. VIDEO: Katie Holmes shares sweet video of daughter Suri in New YorkWhile the actress has worked hard to keep Suri

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentJessica Mann, one of the key witnesses from Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial, is speaking out for the first time since he was convicted in 2020.Mann — whose testimony was the basis for Weinstein’s rape conviction — shared her story in the courtroom, but has never given a media interview, up until now.In the 2020 New York trial, Mann was the surprise star witness.

a sprawling sex crimes investigation.The trial in Brooklyn federal court had been put off because of the pandemic. But at a virtual hearing, U.S.

Bernie Madoff, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose long-term, multi-billion-dollar financial manipulations ruined clients and rattled financial markets, has died.

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is apparently going blind behind bars — and he’s also reportedly lost several teeth recently, too.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who was convicted last year on various sexual assault charges appeared for a virtual hearing on Monday. As per latest reports, Harvey has been indicted on 11 counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles County and he could be extradited here from New York.

With a new indictment coming down from a Los Angeles grand jury, Harvey Weinstein’s long delayed extradition hearing today in upstate New York to face West Coast justice just hit the pause button anew.

Onetime aspiring actress Dawn Dunning and New York actress and model Tarale Wulff, who were key prosecution witnesses that helped convict Harvey Weinstein on rape and criminal sexual assault charges in March 2020, came out in support of New York State penal law reforms to define the meaning of consent in sexual crime cases on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentMore than a full year after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault, lawyers for the disgraced former Hollywood honcho — who is currently serving 23 years in New York prison — have filed an appeal, arguing that the judge made errors that resulted in a rigged trial.Weinstein — who was convicted in Feb.

NEW YORK -- More than a year after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday that that landmark #MeToo prosecution that put him behind bars was buoyed by improper rulings from a judge who was “cavalier” in protecting the disgraced movie mogul’s right to a fair trial.In a 166-page brief filed with a state appellate court, Weinstein's lawyers took repeated aim at Manhattan Judge James Burke, arguing that he swayed the trial’s outcome

convicted last year of a first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape after a months-long trial that heard the testimonies of six women who accused the former Hollywood mogul of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.But in Monday’s 166-page appeal, Weinstein’s defense took issue with a juror who they claimed was dishonest during jury selection about the themes of her novel.“Juror No.

Over a year after the once powerful producer was sentenced to 23 years in prison, Harvey Weinstein today filed his long pledged appeal of the multiple sex crimes that a New York jury found him guilty of back in early 2020.

Following months of scandal topped off with allegations of sexual assault, Armie Hammer has stepped away from yet another role. The 34-year-old actor will no longer appear in the Broadway play "The Minutes," according to Variety.