Harvey Weinstein's lawyer vows to 'try like hell to get him a fair trial' as the disgraced movie mogul pleads not guilty to sex assault again in L.A.
After the hearing, his defense lawyer Mark Werksman said Weinstein planned to fight the introduction of “numerous” uncharged acts and alleged victims.
“We’re going to try like hell to make sure he gets a fair trial, but it’s tough, especially when you have [prosecutors] basically training a water cannon of uncharged allegations at him,” Werksman told reporters. “They’re trying to throw everything including the kitchen sink at him, and we’re trying to limit the evidence so that’s it’s fair.
— played a big role at Weinstein’s New York trial, which ended with his conviction for third-degree rape and first-degree sexual assault andIn California, Weinstein is charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting two others during attacks at hotels in and around Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013.
The DA’s office filed its first charges in the underlying case on January 6th, 2020, just as jury selection was getting underway at Weinstein’s New York criminal trial that ended up becoming a landmark #MeToo conviction. On February 24th, 2020, a Manhattan jury: raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann at a midtown Manhattan DoubleTree hotel in 2013 and forcing oral sex on production assistant Miriam Haley in his SoHo apartment in 2006.
More than 80 women have accused the fallen Hollywood titan of sexual misconduct, saying he regularly wielded his status as an industry powerbroker to lure them into vulnerable positions and attack with seeming impunity. Weinstein has repeatedly denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex.
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