Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appeared at the Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday for a status hearing to be retried, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City.
Attorney Gloria Allred said Weinstein's Lawyer Arthur Aidala falsely claimed her client Miriam Haley for lying during the 2020 trial.
"Accusing my client of lying under oath is a very serious allegation," Allred said.
In February 2020, jurors in Manhattan convicted Weinstein of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and of raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. They are among more than 80 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.
The conviction included charges of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape. Weinstein, who has denied having non-consensual sexual encounters with anyone, was acquitted on other charges.
On 1 May, the New York Court of Appeals found that Judge James Burke, who presided over the trial, made a critical mistake by allowing three women to testify about alleged sexual assaults by Weinstein that were not part of the criminal charges against him.
The court said this "prior bad acts" testimony violated his right to a fair trial.
Weinstein was also sentenced to 16 years following his separate rape trial in California. The two sentences cannot be served concurrently.
Source: Reuters
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