Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. Trial Set for Oct. 10

variety.com:

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHarvey Weinstein’s second trial on rape and sexual assault charges will begin in Los Angeles on Oct.

10, attorneys agreed on Friday.Weinstein, 70, is facing 11 charges involving five alleged victims, which carry a theoretical maximum of 140 years.The trial is expected to take six to eight weeks, meaning it would run through the end of November.Weinstein has been held in a medical unit at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown L.A.

for nearly a year, after being extradited from state prison in New York.Weinstein was wheeled into court by deputies on Friday morning, wearing a blue mask and a brown jail jumpsuit.He is already serving a 23-year sentence for sexual assault and rape, after his conviction in his first trial in New York in 2020.

An appeals court last week upheld that conviction. His attorneys are expected to appeal that decision to the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.