Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial had been scheduled to start in June and is now set for Sept. 9, as the prosecution and the defense sort through potential witnesses and evidence issues.
Harvey Weinstein exits the courtroom after a hearing in State Supreme Court. Weinstein is facing rape and sexual assault charges from two separate incidents.
Judge James Burke in Manhattan said closing the courtroom to the news media and public was “the only means available to avoid the tainting of the jury pool.” He also rejected the news organizations’ request to unseal documents related to the hearing. Burke issued his ruling after prosecutors said it was necessary to close the courtroom, both to protect Weinstein’s right to a fair trial and to shield the identities of accusers whose names and allegations were expected to come up during the hearing.
Lawyers for the news organizations, including the Associated Press, said the prosecution and defense arguments didn’t meet the high legal standard for banning the media and the public. Balin argued that the allegations against Weinstein from more than 80 women have already been widely reported and that many of them, such as actresses Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd, have agreed to be identified publicly. But not all have, Illuzzi-Orbon said.
He is charged with raping an unidentified female acquaintance in his Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and performing a forcible sex act on a different woman in 2006.
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