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Defense lawyers for Harvey Weinstein want the judge in the disgraced producer’s rape trial to recuse himself from the New York case after he threatened the Pulp Fiction executive producer yesterday with prison time over incessant cell phone use in court. “These comments reflect the Court’s animus towards the Defendant…

EXCLUSIVE: The second official day of Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial for rape in New York City may be the last – at for a while, if the producer gets his way. Following Weinstein being charged with four counts of sexual assault by the Los Angeles County District Attorney earlier today, lawyers for the much-accused…

Over two years after the first exposés on Harvey Weinstein and allegations of rampant sexual harassment and assaults were first published, the Oscar-winning producer’s criminal trial is set to begin today in New York City, kind of. If found guilty of the five felony charges that he faces based on allegations from two…

UPDATED, 4:04 PM: Cuba Gooding Jr. pleased not guilty in a Manhattan courtroom today to new criminal charges of forcible touching. A new superseding indictment (readi it here) alleges three occurrences of forcible touching on June 9, OCtober 24, 2018, and September 9, 3018. Read more details of the case below and the…

When Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial starts on January 6 next year, the proceedings that could see the disgraced producer behind bars for the rest of his life will be occurring in Lower Manhattan, a New York court ruled today. “It is ordered that the motion is denied in its entirety," said a order entered Thursday…

A recent addition to Harvey Weinstein's rape indictment by the Manhattan D.A. could see the disgraced producer's trial pushed back, and now Weinstein wants the whole thing moved out of Gotham. “It is safe to say that New York City is the least likely place on earth where Mr. Weinstein could receive a fair trial, where…

The start of a criminal trial that could see Harvey Weinstein behind bars for life has survived another new set of defense lawyers, but now it could be set back because of a move by the prosecution – at least according to the disgraced producer's legal team. "We believe that any last ditch effort to recharge the…

2ND UPDATE, 5:11 PM: A Manhattan judge has rejected Cuba Gooding Jr.’s motion to dismiss the case against him, in which a woman claimed the Oscar winner groped her in a bar, and set a trial date. Judge Phyllis Chu ruled that conflicting accounts about what happened on June 9 at the Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge are…

(UPDATED with judge’s ruling) About a month before Harvey Weinstein's rape trial is set to begin, the much-accused producer's latest defense team and the Manhattan District Attorney got support from a judge, who closed a pivotal hearing Friday to the public and the press. New York Supreme Court Justice James Burke…

UPDATE, 1:45 PM: Back in the old days, news that people wanted buried or forgotten was often dumped on a Friday in the hopes it would be lost over the weekend. Not sure the strategic principle still applies in the digital age, but today it was announced that the latest hearing in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case will be…

A week before a hearing that could decide the fate of the Manhattan District Attorney's rape case against Harvey Weinstein, the primary lawyer for the much-accused producer today attacked the alleged victims and prosecutors. "Contrary to what Mr. Wilson would have us believe, the issue before this Court is one of law…

Harvey Weinstein may be sending self-pitying emails to his few remaining pals complaining about having "one Hell of a year," but his lawyers and the Manhattan District Attorney's office aren't exactly shy about taking bloody swipes at each other in correspondence today either. Just under two weeks before a pivotal…