NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday in his quest to overturn the landmark #MeToo-era verdict.
The New York Court of Appeals agreed last year to take Weinstein’s case after an intermediate appellate court upheld his conviction.
His New York trial drew intense publicity, with protesters chanting “rapist” outside the courthouse.
That evidence would have served “only to make the jury hate Weinstein,” his lawyers said.
During oral arguments, Judge Sallie Manzanet-Daniels said that Burke had let prosecutors pile on with “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from additional witnesses.
Persons:
Harvey Weinstein, “, James Burke, Weinstein, ”, Arthur Aidala, Annabella Sciorra’s, Sciorra, Burke, would’ve, Burke’s, hadn’t, “ providently, Sallie Manzanet, Daniels, Aidala
Organizations:
New, Mohawk Correctional Facility, Associated Press
Locations:
Albany, Los Angeles, Italian, York, New York, Love, what’s, Sisak, x.com