The opening of the new trial in New York for rape and sexual assault of former Hollywood producer king 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 on 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 cancellation 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 assault 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 has pleaded not guilty, by demanding a separate trial.
On Wednesday, Judge Curtis Farber set a next court date of January 29, 2025, at which time 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 about the sexual assaults of 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.
