Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be retried “sometime after Labor Day,” a judge said Wednesday, as the disgraced film mogul appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his rape conviction.
Court officers wheeled Weinstein’s wheelchair into and out of the courtroom in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon. He sat before Judge Curtis Farber in a dark suit and tie and made no statements during his 20-minute appearance.
“It was a strong case in 2020 when the defendant was convicted and remains a strong case in 2024,” Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said.
Weinstein had been serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty in 2020 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
Mann appeared in court on Wednesday, seated in the second row near Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“She’s here today to show that she is not backing down,” Blumberg said of Mann. “She wanted everyone to know the truth and that the defendant may have power and privilege, but she has the truth.”
