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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…

Less than an month away from a hearing that could determine if the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein has the legs to go forward, lawyers for the disgraced producer today assert that they have a new witness to prove one of the accusers in the case is making up her claims. Claiming further cover-up, they also hit…

If the pace of justice seems to be moving slowly for Harvey Weinstein and the potential of life behind bars for the disgraced producer, it just slowed down even more. An important New York Supreme Court hearing set later this week on the multiple sex crimes that Weinstein is facing from grand jury indictments has been…

EXCLUSIVE: Over a month before he is scheduled to be back in court on sex crime charges that could see him behind bars for life and less than an month after he last pled not guilty, Harvey Weinstein today took a big swing at having the whole grand jury case dismissed. "Mr. Weinstein categorically denies that he had…

Already facing rape and criminal sex act charges and a potential 25-years behind bars, Harvey Weinstein today was hit with even heavier legal weight from the Manhattan D.A. – that could see him in jail for life. "A Manhattan Grand Jury has now indicted Harvey Weinstein on some of the most serious sexual offenses that…