By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and criminal sex act charges in a brief hearing Tuesday before a judge in New York and his lawyer vowed afterward to try and beat the case even before it goes to trial. Weinstein limped from an SUV and was …
Following disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s indictment this week on charges including rape, his lawyer has suggested media scrutiny will prohibit him from receiving a fair trial. When a TMZ cameraman asked former prosecutor Nancy Grace about attorney Benjamin Brasfman’s concerns, she scoffed at the question. “Why are you asking me if Harvey Weinstein is …
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein won’t testify before the New York grand jury that’s weighing whether to indict him on rape and other sex charges, according to a statement issued through a spokesman Wednesday. The statement said Weinstein’s lawyers decided there wasn’t enough time to prepare him to testify. They say he learned the …
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Flinching when he heard himself described as a man who used power to prey on women, Harvey Weinstein was arraigned Friday on rape and other charges in the first criminal prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him that sparked a national reckoning over sexual …
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday to face charges involving at least one of the women who have accused him of sexual assault, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. It would be the first criminal case against Weinstein to come out of the barrage …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein on Monday, saying the former movie mogul hurt her acting career in retaliation for her rejecting his sexual advances. In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judd accuses Weinstein of defamation, sexual harassment and violating California’s unfair competition law. Judd was in the …
The Los Angeles Police Department has reportedly filed three sexual assault cases involving embattled producer Harvey Weinstein with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. According to Variety, a spokesman declined to disclose which alleged incidents Weinstein, 65, could face criminal charges for. The LAPD reportedly submitted the cases on February 1. According to the magazine, …
Actress Uma Thurman has broken her silence to accuse disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. In an explosive interview with The New York Times, Thurman, 47, said the incidents with Weinstein, 65, began after working on Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction. “I knew him pretty well before he attacked me,” she recalled. “He used to spend …
The hits keep coming for disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as British authorities announce they are investigating two more claims of sexual assault against him. According to the Daily Mail, the latest allegations come from the same woman and include a 2011 incident in Westminster and another incident she said occurred outside of the United …
‘Not surprised’ by allegations of verbal and sexual assault
A video appears to show a drunk patron slapping embattled producer Harvey Weinstein in an Arizona restaurant on Tuesday night. The man, who identified himself to TMZ as Steve, claimed he spotted Weinstein with his sober coach at Elements restaurant in the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort in Scottsdale. Steve said he approached the 65-year-old and …
As accusations of sexual harassment and assault continue to mount up in Hollywood, actor Tom Hanks opened up and gave his take on the situation. The Forrest Gump actor thinks that people should be patient and wait to see how the accusations play out over “the long haul.” “Picasso was a womanizer; this is not …
