Harvey Weinstein Will Face New Rape Trial, Manhattan D.A. Announces At First Hearing Since 2020 Conviction Was Overturned

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“We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case,” prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape case told a judge today in the first hearing since the much-accused producer’s 2020 conviction was overturned last week. “It was a strong case in 2020 …and it remains a strong case in 2024,” added Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg.

Harvey Weinstein was sitting nearby in the courtroom as the officials from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced their intention to take the case back to a jury.

The trial could begin as quickly as September, if room can be found on the court calendar. “We are happy to hear that the prosecutors want a speedy trial,” Weinstein chief attorney Arthur Aidala told the court as he once again proclaimed his client’s innocence. “It’s a new trial, it’s a new day …his life is on the line.” Charged and arrested for rape in May 2018 after revelations by the New York Times in late 2017 detailing decades of abuse and alleged assaults by Weinstein, the defendant was convicted in February 2020 on first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape in the case of Mimi Haley and Jessica Mann.

While not handling the case directly, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg himself was in attendance Wednesday in Judge Curtis Farber’s court, as were as attorney Gloria Allred, who represents Haley, and Mann herself.