Sexual offenses|Weinstein has said that he hopes his charges should be viewed with “new eyes”.
About sexual offenses convicted former film producer Harvey Weinsteinin73, a new trial began on Tuesday in New York.
The trial begins with the choice of jury. According to the judge, the process may take several days. In total, the trial is believed to last for six weeks.
Weinstein was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair.
Weinstein received a long sexual offense conviction in 2020 when he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and other sexual offenses for 23 years. However, the verdict was canceled in April last year due to errors in the trial.
Women who have witnessed in earlier trial also testify in the proceedings that have now begun. Weinstein also has a new prosecution of sexual harassment in 2006.
Weinstein is currently conducting a second, 16 -year sex offense conviction in Rikers Prison in New York, which he received for rape and sexual offenses the other year in California.
Weinstein has said he hopes that his charges should be considered “new eyes”. Also his lawyer Arthur Aidalan According to the spirit of the time, the spirit is now different.
“Everything is completely different now, attitudes have changed in the city of New York, the state and the whole country,” Aidala believed.
Weinstein has repeatedly denied all charges.
His health is bad nowadays. He underwent a heart surgery last year and suffers from cancer.
Weinstein was for a long time one of the most influential people in the film industry. He founded his brother together Bob Weinsteinin With Miramax Films, which became very successful. The company was later sold to Disney.