The opening of the new trial in New York for rape and sexual assault of the former king of Hollywood, producer Harvey Weinstein, was postponed on Wednesday to 2025, the judge having set new deadlines for the defense.
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As in the last procedural hearings, Harvey Weinstein, 72, appeared in a wheelchair, pale and physically diminished, two days after American media announced that he was suffering from bone marrow cancer.
The former boss of Miramax studios must be retried in New York after the resounding annulment, at the end of April, by an appeals court of his conviction in 2020 to 23 years in prison for the rape of an actress, Jessica Mann, and the sexual assault of a production assistant, Mimi Haleyi.
A trial was initially set for November 12, but in the meantime, Manhattan prosecutors indicted him for another alleged sexual assault at a Manhattan hotel in the spring of 2006, a charge to which Harvey Weinstein pleaded no. guilty, demanding a separate trial.
On Wednesday, Judge Curtis Farber set January 29, 2025 as the next court date, during which a trial date for all charges is expected to be set.
Until then, Harvey Weinstein remains in prison due to a 2023 sentence to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles for other cases of rape and sexual assault.
The revelations in 2017 on the sexual assaults committed by this former Hollywood kingmaker triggered a global shockwave and freed the voices of many victims. More than 80 women have accused Harvey Weinstein of harassment, sexual assault or rape, including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ashley Judd.
