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Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms| Entertainment News

Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms| Entertainment News

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NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, confirmed the move in court papers Tuesday. They take over for Weinstein’s longtime lawyer, Arthur Aidala, who ceded his courtroom role to focus on the ex-studio boss’ appeals and pending civil matters. Kaplan was a member of Weinstein’s original defense team in 2018 and is expected to have a leading role in his defense at the third trial, which involves a charge that the Oscar-winning producer raped hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013. At a hearing in January, Weinstein insisted he “never assaulted anyone” and said his “spirit was breaking” after nearly six years behind bars. The trial, postponed from a March 3 start, hasn’t been rescheduled. …

Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule

Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule

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NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared among jurors during deliberations last spring. Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule It’s the latest convoluted turn in the former Hollywood honcho’s path through the criminal justice system. His landmark #MeToo-era case has spanned seven years, trials in two states, a reversal in one and a retrial that came to a messy end in New York last year. Weinstein was convicted of forcing oral sex on one woman, acquitted of forcibly performing oral sex on another, and the jury didn’t decide on a rape charge involving a third woman — a charge prosecutors vowed to retry yet again. Weinstein, 73, denies all the charges. They were one outgrowth of a stack of sexual harassment and sex assault allegations against him that emerged publicly in 2017 and ensuing years, fueling the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. Early on, Weinstein apologized for “the way …

Harvey Weinsten insists he is innocent in his first-ever interview after MeToo accusations: ‘I’m wrongfully convicted’

Harvey Weinsten insists he is innocent in his first-ever interview after MeToo accusations: ‘I’m wrongfully convicted’

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Controversial Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein insists he hasn’t done anything illegal. “I did not commit these crimes,” he said in a new interview with journalist Candace Owens. “I swear that before God and the people watching now and on my family. I’m wrongfully accused. But justice has to know the difference between what is immoral and what is illegal,” he said in the interview. Former film producer Harvey Weinstein attends a discovery hearing ahead of his retrial for sexual assault charges, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City(AFP) Harvey’s interview, aired on Tuesday, comes as his retrial continues on rape and two criminal sexual act charges stemming from alleged incidents in 2006 and 2013. The sit-down was also Harvey’s first on-camera interview in eight years and it aired on the same day as a third and final accuser, Jessica Mann, testified in court about an alleged 2013 rape. Harvey is also facing charges related to Miriam Haley, who says he forced oral sex on her in 2006 at his Tribeca apartment, and Kaja Sokola, …

First accuser takes witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s MeToo retrial | Hollywood News

First accuser takes witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s MeToo retrial | Hollywood News

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A woman who says Harvey Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her testified Tuesday at his MeToo retrial that she never had any romantic or sexual interest in the one-time Hollywood heavyweight. Miriam Haley, the first of three accusers expected to testify, told jurors about an awkward meeting with Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival in France two months before she says he assaulted her at his Manhattan apartment in July 2006. The witness, reprising her testimony from his first trial in 2020, said she went to Weinstein’s hotel room to speak about potential jobs in the movie and TV business, but he “quickly started talking about other things.” He commented on her legs and suggested they give each other massages, Haley said. Now 47, she said she refused his advances and burst into tears as she left. Story continues below this ad ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Also Read | ‘Used unfettered power to sexually abuse women’: Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial begins “I felt taken aback. I felt humiliated,” she testified. “It was just kind of …

Weinstein accuser had ‘zero interest’ in sex with him, friend testifies | Hollywood

Weinstein accuser had ‘zero interest’ in sex with him, friend testifies | Hollywood

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NEW YORK — Friends of one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers testified Thursday that the woman told them long ago that Weinstein sexually assaulted her. Weinstein accuser had ‘zero interest’ in sex with him, friend testifies Adding a new perspective to the ex-movie mogul’s retrial, one witness said she’d once suggested that accuser Miriam Haley date the movie mogul, but Haley balked. “She had zero interest in dating him or sleeping with him,” witness Christine Pressman said, describing Haley as “distraught” when she later disclosed the alleged sexual assault. Some of the emerging details show how this trial is a reprise — but not an exact repeat — of the 2020 trial in which Weinstein was initially convicted of rape and sexual assault. That conviction has since been overturned. Pressman didn’t testify at the original trial. Prosecutors brought her in this time to support Haley’s allegations, but Weinstein’s lawyers quizzed her about whether Haley in fact had a willing sexual relationship with the Oscar-winning studio boss. “Never,” Pressman insisted. Haley is a former production assistant on …

‘Used unfettered power to sexually abuse women’: Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial begins | World News

‘Used unfettered power to sexually abuse women’: Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial begins | World News

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Opening statements were made by attorneys on Wednesday in New York in the retrial of Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault charges as prosecutors accused the film producer of using his power to sexually harass and abuse three women, while the defence lawyers presented a contrasting explanations of Weinstein’s encounter with women. During the argument in New York state court in Manhattan, prosecutor Shannon Lucey said that Weinstein exploited his power of being a Hollywood gatekeeper to prey and sexually abuse women, and then by claiming to hold their careers hostage, the disgraced movie mogul also ensured that the women remained silent. In her opening statement, Lucey said “Harvey Weinstein had enormous control over those working in TV and film because he decided who was in and who was out. He had all the power, they had none,” Reuters reported. Story continues below this ad Standing in his third trial in five years, Weinstein is accused of sexually harassing a former television production assistant, an aspiring actress and a model. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty …

Jennifer Lopez’s Producer Spills Shocking Hollywood S*x Secrets: ‘People Like Weinstein was the Norm, Not the Exception’

Jennifer Lopez’s Producer Spills Shocking Hollywood S*x Secrets: ‘People Like Weinstein was the Norm, Not the Exception’

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Jennifer Lopez’s longtime producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, has exposed the deep-rooted culture of misogyny and abuse in Hollywood. Ahead of the release of her debut novel Climbing in Heels, the film producer revealed the dark reality behind the glamorous-looking world. The veteran producer, who started her career as a secretary at the William Morris Agency in the early ’80s, told Page Six that people like Harvey Weinstein were not the anomaly; they were the norm in the industry. Though her novel is a fictional story of three young women working at one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies, it draws largely from her own experiences in the tinsel town. And, S*x and the City and Emily in Paris creator Darren Star is already working on turning the novel into a TV show. During the candid interview, the producer revealed that she nearly became a victim herself when Bill Cosby’s executive secretary asked her to sign some contracts and bring them over to his hotel, The Beverly Wilshire. Thanks to a warning from a colleague, she decided not …

Julia Stiles says Harvey Weinstein’s demands for dance made her feel ‘slimy’, disgraced filmmaker fires back | Hollywood

Julia Stiles says Harvey Weinstein’s demands for dance made her feel ‘slimy’, disgraced filmmaker fires back | Hollywood

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Actor Julia Stiles recently opened up about her uncomfortable experience working with Harvey Weinstein on the 2000 film Down to You, adding that his unusual demands to make her dance during reshoots made her feel “slimy”. Julia Stiles has opened up about working with Harvey Weinstein. Julia Stiles recalls feeling ‘slimy’ In a recent interview on the Films To Be Buried with Brett Goldstein podcast with Brett Goldstein, Stiles shared that Weinstein interfered with the project, making unnecessary changes that, in her view, lowered the quality of the film. “It was a time when teen rom-coms were really popular. The director, Kris Isacsson, wrote the script. He was a first-time director and a very, very intelligent, capable guy. The script was very good. And then, Harvey Weinstein got his hands on it and decided to capitalize on this trend. And it just became dumb,” she said. Stiles recalled that Harvey Weinstein wanted to capitalise on the success of her previous success in films like Save the Last Dance and 10 Things I Hate About You …

Harvey Weinstein reacts to Adrien Brody’s Oscars speech that had a shoutout to his kids with Georgina Chapman | Hollywood

Harvey Weinstein reacts to Adrien Brody’s Oscars speech that had a shoutout to his kids with Georgina Chapman | Hollywood

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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has reacted to Adrien Brody’s 2025 Oscars acceptance speech, in which the actor gave a special shoutout to Weinstein’s two children with ex-wife Georgina Chapman. (Also read: Adrien Brody wins Best Actor for The Brutalist, taking home his second career Oscar) Harvey Weinstein has reacted to Adrien Brody’s Oscars speech. Brody, who won the Best Actor award for his role in The Brutalist, acknowledged Chapman and her children, Dash and India, in his emotional speech. Harvey Weinstein reacts to Adrien Brody’s speech Weinstein, who is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for sex crimes, spoke out through his representative, expressing gratitude that his children are being loved and cared for. According to People magazine, “Harvey is happy for Georgina and grateful that his kids are being loved and cared for as they deserve to be,” the representative said. Brody’s speech was a poignant moment in the ceremony, as he acknowledged the challenges that Chapman and her children have faced in recent years. “I share this with my amazing partner, Georgina, …

Harvey Weinstein sues brother, other movie executives over million loan; claims they set the stage for his downfall | Hollywood

Harvey Weinstein sues brother, other movie executives over $45 million loan; claims they set the stage for his downfall | Hollywood

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Jailed and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein alleges in a new lawsuit that his brother, Bob Weinstein, and other executives at their now-defunct film company duped him into guaranteeing a $45 million loan in 2016, but diverted funds for their own personal use while setting the stage for his downfall. Harvey Weinstein appears in State Supreme Court for a hearing in his sexual assault case on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)(AP) Harvey Weinstein’s new lawsuit Harvey Weinstein, 72, filed the claims Thursday in a long-running civil case in New York City involving a lender accusing him of defaulting on the loan. He is currently detained while awaiting a retrial on sex crimes charges in New York. “Harvey Weinstein was deceived by those closest to him, and secured a $45 million dollar loan under the pretense of saving The Weinstein Company,” Imran Ansari, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, said in a statement. “While Harvey personally guaranteed the loan, others within The Weinstein Company enriched themselves and strategically undermined him, leaving him …