Harvey Weinstein

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Weinstein Hospitalized After 'Alarming Blood Test'

Lawyer says filmmaker is being deprived of medical care

(Newser) - Less than a week after filing a claim accusing New York City of treating Harvey Weinstein like an "animal" imprisoned in a "gulag," the disgraced movie mogul's lawyer says Weinstein has been hospitalized. An "alarming blood test" requiring "immediate medical attention" led to his...

Harvey Weinstein Has Cancer, Sources Say

Weinstein's rep does not confirm the reports

(Newser) - Sources tell outlets including NBC News and Deadline that Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with cancer. Per the sources, the disgraced movie mogul has chronic myeloid leukemia, which is a type of bone marrow cancer. The sources say Weinstein is being treated while in prison at New York's Rikers...

Harvey Weinstein Indicted on New Sex-Crimes Charges

Manhattan prosecutors charge disgraced movie mogul in additional cases

(Newser) - Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex-crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday. The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein's arraignment, which the AP reports is scheduled for Sept. 18. Weinstein, 72, is recovering from...

Weinstein Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery

Former mogul reported feeling poorly over the weekend at Rikers

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood producer who's being held in the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, has emergency heart surgery Monday morning. He had been experiencing chest pains and contacted his jail consultant, several times over the weekend to say he wasn't feeling well, his...

Actor's Claims Against Weinstein, Disney Move Forward

Allegations that companies failed to protect Julia Ormond now move closer to trial

(Newser) - Julia Ormond's lawsuit accusing Disney, Miramax, and Creative Artists Agency of failing to protect her from Harvey Weinstein is advancing toward trial. On Monday, a state court justice in Manhattan denied the companies' motions to dismiss the lawsuit filed in October under the Adult Survivors Act. Ormond, a 1990s...

Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized With COVID, Double Pneumonia

Plus a 'myriad' of other health problems

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized with COVID-19 and double pneumonia, a representative for the disgraced movie mogul says. Weinstein, 72, is at New York's Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward being treated for "the myriad of health conditions that he is still afflicted with," the rep says, per NBC...

Weinstein Lawyer Slams the '1-800-Get-Harvey Hotline'

Prosecutors say retrial for disgraced media mogul may happen in November; new charges possible

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Tuesday they're anticipating a November retrial for Harvey Weinstein as they continue to investigate possible new sexual-assault charges against the disgraced media mogul. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said prosecutors haven't yet brought their findings to a grand jury and said she couldn'...

There Are New Accusers, Weinstein Prosecutors Say

Defense lawyer dismisses the possibility

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they are evaluating new claims of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein and could seek a new indictment against the former movie mogul ahead of his scheduled retrial on rape charges later this year. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said during a court hearing...

NY Prosecutors Will Retry Weinstein

They're seeking an early fall trial date

(Newser) - On Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein made his first appearance since his New York conviction was overturned —and he has plenty more court dates to come. Prosecutors confirmed that they plan to try Weinstein again this fall, NBC News reports. "We think early fall date, possibly as early as September...

Weinstein Hospitalized for Tests in New York
Weinstein Hospitalized for Tests
Apr 28, 2024 10:06 AM CDT

Weinstein Hospitalized for Tests

Former film executive remains in custody for Los Angeles conviction

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction . Attorney Arthur Aidala said Saturday that Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his...

Prosecutors Tease New Trial for Weinstein
LA Prosecutors: Weinstein
Won't Get Same Break Here
the rundown
Apr 26, 2024 11:58 AM CDT

LA Prosecutors: Weinstein Won't Get Same Break Here

In New York, meanwhile, former movie mogul may face a new trial

(Newser) - Reactions are pouring in after the New York Court of Appeals overturned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 convictions for first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape on Thursday, finding the inclusion of testimony from accusers about uncharged conduct violated his right to a fair trial . Among those speaking...

Ronan Farrow: What Weinstein's Appeal Could Mean for Trump

Admission of evidence unrelated to the charges also factors into Trump's hush-money case

(Newser) - As shocking as the overturning of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction appears to the public, legal experts are not surprised, journalist Ronan Farrow writes at the New Yorker , noting the appeal rested on an issue that could open up a path of appeal for former President Trump should he...

Weinstein Prosecutors Gambled and Lost
Weinstein Prosecutors
Gambled and Lost
analysis
Apr 25, 2024 6:40 PM CDT

Weinstein Prosecutors Gambled and Lost

Trial included testimony about allegations not included in the charges

(Newser) - The tossing of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction in New York may have been shocking, but prosecutors had taken a series of chances when pursuing the case, Jodi Kantor writes in a New York Times analysis. In the end, one law professor and former prosecutor said, whether his trial...

Harvey Weinstein Stunner: NY Conviction Is Overturned

But he remains convicted of rape in California

(Newser) - New York's highest court delivered what the New York Times describes as a "stunning reversal" in a pivotal case —it overturned the conviction of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on sex crime charges and ordered a new trial.
  • Reason: The 4-3 ruling by the New York Court
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Lawsuit: Knicks Owner, Harvey Weinstein Both Assaulted Me

Massage therapist accuses James Dolan of arranging meeting between her, Weinstein

(Newser) - A new lawsuit accuses James Dolan—CEO of Madison Square Garden and owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers—of sexual assault. Harvey Weinstein, currently imprisoned on other sexual assault convictions, is also named in the suit. Kellye Croft says in 2013, when she was 27,...

Julia Ormond Names Weinstein, Companies in Assault Lawsuit
Actress Sues Weinstein, Disney
Oct 4, 2023 5:20 PM CDT

Actress Sues Weinstein, Disney

Julia Ormond files case in New York under law providing temporary window

(Newser) - Julia Ormond, an actress who starred in major films in the 1990s, filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then hindering her career. Ormond, who also accuses the Walt Disney Co., Miramax, and her former agents of knowing Weinstein was...

Harvey Weinstein Returns to NY Prison System

He's been transferred to medium-security facility

(Newser) - Disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after spending nearly two years in California, where he was tried and convicted of raping an Italian model. Weinstein, whose December 2022 conviction in Los Angeles followed his February 2020 New York conviction on rape and...

Harvey Weinstein Is Being Returned to New York

He won't be retried on rape, sexual assault charges in California

(Newser) - Los Angeles prosecutors told a judge Tuesday that they will not retry Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of one woman, on counts involving two others that left jurors deadlocked. Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson announced the decision to Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench...

Weinstein Tells Judge He's Innocent as Victim Sobs

Disgraced film mogul gets another 16 years in prison

(Newser) - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model, per the AP . The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has...

Los Angeles Jury Finds Weinstein Guilty of Rape

Jurors can't agree on several counts, including allegations by Jennifer Siebel Newsom

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement. After deliberating for nine days over more than two weeks, the jury of eight men and four women reached the verdict...

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