(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…

Hours after Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said the producer would not testify before a grand jury, the same panel has now indicted the disgraced Oscar winner on two sets of rape charges and a sex crime charge. "A Grand Jury has voted to indict Harvey Weinstein on charges of Rape in the First and Third Degrees, and…

UPDATED with comment from Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer and video: Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was arraigned today on felony sex crime charges in New York Criminal Court, where the judge set bail at $1 million cash. However, the Oscar winning producer’s lawyer says he plans to appeal to get the case tossed…

EXCLUSIVE: Following months of denials on allegations of sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein will almost certainly be doing a perp walk Friday morning into a New York Police Department precinct. Throwing red meat to the media and coming after news earlier today that Weinstein was turning himself in, the move is designed…

In a press conference about the overall state of crime in New York City, the police department’s top detective said “quite a bit of evidence” has been gathered in the investigation into allegations Harvey Weinstein raped actress Paz de la Huerta. Last fall, the Boardwalk Empire star came forward with the claim that…